#EBC462#EBC462

#EBC462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.125 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC462
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, 2.64, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 53.59, 87.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% 0.0048 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.125 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2081, 58.0270, 19.7926)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC462 #6289EB

analogous

#EB8062 #EBC462 #CDEB62

triadic

#EBC462 #62EBC4 #C462EB

tetradic

#EBC462 #62EB80 #6289EB #EB62CD

square

#EBC462 #62EB80 #6289EB #EB62CD

split-complementary

#EBC462 #62CDEB #8062EB

monochromatic

#BB8C18 #E4B02C #EBC462 #F2D898 #F9EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EBC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EBC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC462

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC462	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.125 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d591',
    500: '#ebc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc462;
$custom-light: #f4d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83513,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC462

secondary

#375CBA

accent

#46DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC462

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

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