#EBC256#EBC256

#EBC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC256
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, 2.87, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 58.38, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% 0.004 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.133 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2353, 56.9209, 16.8798)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC256 #567FEB

analogous

#EB7756 #EBC256 #C9EB56

triadic

#EBC256 #56EBC2 #C256EB

tetradic

#EBC256 #56EB77 #567FEB #EB56C9

square

#EBC256 #56EB77 #567FEB #EB56C9

split-complementary

#EBC256 #56C9EB #7756EB

monochromatic

#B28715 #E5AE1F #EBC256 #F1D68D #F8EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EBC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#EBC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC256

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC256	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d48a',
    500: '#ebc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc256;
$custom-light: #f5d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.49,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82988,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC256

secondary

#3356B2

accent

#44DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC256

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

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