#EBC272#EBC272

#EBC272 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.109 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC272
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 51.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, 4.95, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 45.69, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% 0.0134 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.109 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5923, 57.4637, 24.0271)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC272 #729BEB

analogous

#EB8572 #EBC272 #D8EB72

triadic

#EBC272 #72EBC2 #C272EB

tetradic

#EBC272 #72EB85 #729BEB #EB72D8

square

#EBC272 #72EB85 #729BEB #EB72D8

split-complementary

#EBC272 #72D8EB #8572EB

monochromatic

#C68D1C #E3AB3C #EBC272 #F3D9A8 #FAF0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EBC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#EBC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC272

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC272	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCB5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.109 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d49c',
    500: '#ebc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc272;
$custom-light: #f4d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.669,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83326,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC272

secondary

#3E6BC3

accent

#52D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC272

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

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