#EBC159#EBC159

#EBC159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.131 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC159
RGB	rgb(235, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, 3.59, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 56.83, 86.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% 0.0064 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.131 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1369, 56.5266, 17.4558)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC159 #5983EB

analogous

#EB7859 #EBC159 #CCEB59

triadic

#EBC159 #59EBC1 #C159EB

tetradic

#EBC159 #59EB78 #5983EB #EB59CC

square

#EBC159 #59EB78 #5983EB #EB59CC

split-complementary

#EBC159 #59CCEB #7859EB

monochromatic

#B48616 #E4AD22 #EBC159 #F2D590 #F8EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#EBC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#EBC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC159

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC159	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)

#D5C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.131 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d38c',
    500: '#ebc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc159;
$custom-light: #f5d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.74,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82821,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC159

secondary

#3459B4

accent

#47DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC159

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

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