#EBC261#EBC261

#EBC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.124 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC261
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, 3.61, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 53.52, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% 0.0075 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.124 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7131, 57.1120, 19.3962)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC261 #618AEB

analogous

#EB7D61 #EBC261 #CFEB61

triadic

#EBC261 #61EBC2 #C261EB

tetradic

#EBC261 #61EB7D #618AEB #EB61CF

square

#EBC261 #61EB7D #618AEB #EB61CF

split-complementary

#EBC261 #61CFEB #7D61EB

monochromatic

#BA8A18 #E4AD2B #EBC261 #F2D797 #F9ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EBC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#EBC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC261

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC261	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.124 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d491',
    500: '#ebc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc261;
$custom-light: #f5d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83107,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC261

secondary

#375EB9

accent

#49DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC261

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

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