#EBC281#EBC281

#EBC281 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.095 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC281
RGB	rgb(235, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(37, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 45.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, 6.34, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 38.63, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% 0.019 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.095 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5172, 57.8336, 28.8980)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC281 #81AAEB

analogous

#EB8D81 #EBC281 #DFEB81

triadic

#EBC281 #81EBC2 #C281EB

tetradic

#EBC281 #81EB8D #81AAEB #EB81DF

square

#EBC281 #81EB8D #81AAEB #EB81DF

split-complementary

#EBC281 #81DFEB #8D81EB

monochromatic

#D18D21 #E3A84C #EBC281 #F3DCB6 #FBF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EBC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#EBC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC281

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC281	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.095 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d4a6',
    500: '#ebc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc281;
$custom-light: #f3d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.792,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83555,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC281

secondary

#4C7AC5

accent

#5DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC281

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

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