#EBC555#EBC555

#EBC555 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC555
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, 1.26, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 59.58, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0008 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.136 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8697, 58.2537, 16.8939)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC555 #557BEB

analogous

#EB7A55 #EBC555 #C6EB55

triadic

#EBC555 #55EBC5 #C555EB

tetradic

#EBC555 #55EB7A #557BEB #EB55C6

square

#EBC555 #55EB7A #557BEB #EB55C6

split-complementary

#EBC555 #55C6EB #7A55EB

monochromatic

#B18915 #E5B21E #EBC555 #F1D88C #F8EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#EBC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC555

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC555	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d689',
    500: '#ebc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc555;
$custom-light: #f5d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83572,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC555

secondary

#3353B1

accent

#3FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC555

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

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