#EBBE51#EBBE51

#EBBE51 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBBE51
RGB	rgb(235, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, 4.66, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 59.56, 85.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% 0.0086 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.135 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1625, 55.0865, 15.5630)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBBE51 #517EEB

analogous

#EB7151 #EBBE51 #CBEB51

triadic

#EBBE51 #51EBBE #BE51EB

tetradic

#EBBE51 #51EB71 #517EEB #EB51CB

square

#EBBE51 #51EB71 #517EEB #EB51CB

split-complementary

#EBBE51 #51CBEB #7151EB

monochromatic

#AE8114 #E5A91A #EBBE51 #F1D388 #F8E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#EBBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#EBBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBBE51

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBBE51	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d186',
    500: '#ebbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebbe51;
$custom-light: #f5d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.468,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82151,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBBE51

secondary

#3256AE

accent

#47DC0A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBBE51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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