#EBC251#EBC251

#EBC251 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC251
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, 2.57, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 60.51, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% 0.0025 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.137 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0408, 56.8431, 15.8557)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC251 #517AEB

analogous

#EB7551 #EBC251 #C7EB51

triadic

#EBC251 #51EBC2 #C251EB

tetradic

#EBC251 #51EB75 #517AEB #EB51C7

square

#EBC251 #51EB75 #517AEB #EB51C7

split-complementary

#EBC251 #51C7EB #7551EB

monochromatic

#AE8514 #E5AF1A #EBC251 #F1D588 #F8E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EBC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#EBC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC251

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC251	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d487',
    500: '#ebc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc251;
$custom-light: #f5d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.026,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC251

secondary

#3253AE

accent

#42DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC251

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

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