#EBC255#EBC255

#EBC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC255
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, 2.81, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 58.81, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% 0.0037 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.134 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1953, 56.9049, 16.6691)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC255 #557EEB

analogous

#EB7755 #EBC255 #C9EB55

triadic

#EBC255 #55EBC2 #C255EB

tetradic

#EBC255 #55EB77 #557EEB #EB55C9

square

#EBC255 #55EB77 #557EEB #EB55C9

split-complementary

#EBC255 #55C9EB #7755EB

monochromatic

#B18615 #E5AE1E #EBC255 #F1D68C #F8E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EBC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#EBC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC255

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC255	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d489',
    500: '#ebc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc255;
$custom-light: #f5d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82978,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC255

secondary

#3356B1

accent

#43DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC255

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

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