#EBC556#EBC556

#EBC556 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC556
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, 1.32, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 59.15, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0005 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.135 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9097, 58.2697, 17.1046)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC556 #567CEB

analogous

#EB7A56 #EBC556 #C6EB56

triadic

#EBC556 #56EBC5 #C556EB

tetradic

#EBC556 #56EB7A #567CEB #EB56C6

square

#EBC556 #56EB7A #567CEB #EB56C6

split-complementary

#EBC556 #56C6EB #7A56EB

monochromatic

#B28A15 #E5B21F #EBC556 #F1D88D #F8EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#EBC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC556

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC556	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)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68a',
    500: '#ebc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc556;
$custom-light: #f5d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.698,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83581,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC556

secondary

#3354B2

accent

#40DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC556

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

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