#EBC157#EBC157

#EBC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.132 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC157
RGB	rgb(235, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, 3.46, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 57.70, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% 0.0058 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.132 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0540, 56.4935, 17.0195)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC157 #5781EB

analogous

#EB7757 #EBC157 #CBEB57

triadic

#EBC157 #57EBC1 #C157EB

tetradic

#EBC157 #57EB77 #5781EB #EB57CB

square

#EBC157 #57EB77 #5781EB #EB57CB

split-complementary

#EBC157 #57CBEB #7757EB

monochromatic

#B28615 #E4AD20 #EBC157 #F2D58E #F8E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EBC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#EBC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC157

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC157	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.132 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d38a',
    500: '#ebc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc157;
$custom-light: #f5d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.828,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC157

secondary

#3458B3

accent

#46DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC157

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

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