#EBC161#EBC161

#EBC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.124 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC161
RGB	rgb(235, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, 4.13, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 53.27, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% 0.009 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.124 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4912, 56.6684, 19.3222)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC161 #618BEB

analogous

#EB7C61 #EBC161 #D0EB61

triadic

#EBC161 #61EBC1 #C161EB

tetradic

#EBC161 #61EB7C #618BEB #EB61D0

square

#EBC161 #61EB7C #618BEB #EB61D0

split-complementary

#EBC161 #61D0EB #7C61EB

monochromatic

#BA8918 #E4AC2B #EBC161 #F2D697 #F9ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EBC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#EBC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC161

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC161	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.124 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d391',
    500: '#ebc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc161;
$custom-light: #f5d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8291,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC161

secondary

#375FB9

accent

#4ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC161

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

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