#EBC253#EBC253

#EBC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.136 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC253
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 64.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, 2.69, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 59.66, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% 0.0031 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.136 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1169, 56.8735, 16.2565)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC253 #537CEB

analogous

#EB7653 #EBC253 #C8EB53

triadic

#EBC253 #53EBC2 #C253EB

tetradic

#EBC253 #53EB76 #537CEB #EB53C8

square

#EBC253 #53EB76 #537CEB #EB53C8

split-complementary

#EBC253 #53C8EB #7653EB

monochromatic

#AF8514 #E5AF1C #EBC253 #F1D58A #F8E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EBC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#EBC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC253

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC253	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)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.136 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d488',
    500: '#ebc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc253;
$custom-light: #f5d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.816,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82958,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC253

secondary

#3254B0

accent

#43DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC253

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

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