#EBC451#EBC451

#EBC451 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC451
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, 1.54, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 61.01, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0005 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.138 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4889, 57.7393, 16.0051)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC451 #5178EB

analogous

#EB7751 #EBC451 #C5EB51

triadic

#EBC451 #51EBC4 #C451EB

tetradic

#EBC451 #51EB77 #5178EB #EB51C5

square

#EBC451 #51EB77 #5178EB #EB51C5

split-complementary

#EBC451 #51C5EB #7751EB

monochromatic

#AE8714 #E5B11A #EBC451 #F1D788 #F8E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EBC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#EBC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC451

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC451	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d587',
    500: '#ebc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc451;
$custom-light: #f5d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.805,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83335,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC451

secondary

#3251AE

accent

#3FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC451

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

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