#EBC499#EBC499

#EBC499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.072 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC499
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(31, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, 7.92, 26.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 27.94, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% 0.0254 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.072 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7520, 59.4446, 38.4574)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC499 #99C0EB

analogous

#EB9B99 #EBC499 #E9EB99

triadic

#EBC499 #99EBC4 #C499EB

tetradic

#EBC499 #99EB9B #99C0EB #EB99E9

square

#EBC499 #99EB9B #99C0EB #EB99E9

split-complementary

#EBC499 #99E9EB #9B99EB

monochromatic

#D78933 #E1A666 #EBC499 #F5E2CC #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EBC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#EBC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC499

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC499	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.072 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d5b7',
    500: '#ebc499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc499;
$custom-light: #f2d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.463,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84381,
    "c": 0.07201,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC499

secondary

#6292C6

accent

#6ECF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC499

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

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