#EBC172#EBC172

#EBC172 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.109 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC172
RGB	rgb(235, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 51.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 5.47, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 45.44, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.015 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.109 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3705, 57.0201, 23.9531)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC172 #729CEB

analogous

#EB8472 #EBC172 #D8EB72

triadic

#EBC172 #72EBC1 #C172EB

tetradic

#EBC172 #72EB84 #729CEB #EB72D8

square

#EBC172 #72EB84 #729CEB #EB72D8

split-complementary

#EBC172 #72D8EB #8472EB

monochromatic

#C68B1C #E3A93C #EBC172 #F3D9A8 #FAF0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EBC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#EBC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC172

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC172	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.109 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d39c',
    500: '#ebc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc172;
$custom-light: #f4d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.174,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8313,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC172

secondary

#3E6CC3

accent

#54D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC172

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

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