#EBC257#EBC257

#EBC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC257
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, 2.94, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 57.95, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83% 0.0043 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.133 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2758, 56.9371, 17.0935)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC257 #5780EB

analogous

#EB7857 #EBC257 #CAEB57

triadic

#EBC257 #57EBC2 #C257EB

tetradic

#EBC257 #57EB78 #5780EB #EB57CA

square

#EBC257 #57EB78 #5780EB #EB57CA

split-complementary

#EBC257 #57CAEB #7857EB

monochromatic

#B28715 #E4AE20 #EBC257 #F2D68E #F8EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#EBC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EBC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC257

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC257	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d48a',
    500: '#ebc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc257;
$custom-light: #f5d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82998,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC257

secondary

#3457B3

accent

#44DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC257

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

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