#EBC259#EBC259

#EBC259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.131 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC259
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, 3.07, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 57.08, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% 0.0049 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.131 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3587, 56.9702, 17.5298)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC259 #5982EB

analogous

#EB7959 #EBC259 #CBEB59

triadic

#EBC259 #59EBC2 #C259EB

tetradic

#EBC259 #59EB79 #5982EB #EB59CB

square

#EBC259 #59EB79 #5982EB #EB59CB

split-complementary

#EBC259 #59CBEB #7959EB

monochromatic

#B48716 #E4AE22 #EBC259 #F2D690 #F8EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EBC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#EBC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC259

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC259	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.131 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d48c',
    500: '#ebc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc259;
$custom-light: #f5d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.151,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83018,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC259

secondary

#3458B4

accent

#45DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC259

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

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