#EBC459#EBC459

#EBC459 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC459
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, 2.03, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 57.59, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% 0.0019 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.132 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.8068, 57.8665, 17.6792)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC459 #5980EB

analogous

#EB7B59 #EBC459 #C9EB59

triadic

#EBC459 #59EBC4 #C459EB

tetradic

#EBC459 #59EB7B #5980EB #EB59C9

square

#EBC459 #59EB7B #5980EB #EB59C9

split-complementary

#EBC459 #59C9EB #7B59EB

monochromatic

#B48A16 #E4B122 #EBC459 #F2D790 #F8EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EBC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#EBC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC459

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC459	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)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d58c',
    500: '#ebc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc459;
$custom-light: #f5d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83414,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC459

secondary

#3456B4

accent

#42DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC459

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

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