#EBC557#EBC557

#EBC557 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.134 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC557
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, 1.38, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 58.72, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0002 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.134 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9503, 58.2859, 17.3183)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC557 #577DEB

analogous

#EB7B57 #EBC557 #C7EB57

triadic

#EBC557 #57EBC5 #C557EB

tetradic

#EBC557 #57EB7B #577DEB #EB57C7

square

#EBC557 #57EB7B #577DEB #EB57C7

split-complementary

#EBC557 #57C7EB #7B57EB

monochromatic

#B28A15 #E4B220 #EBC557 #F2D88E #F8EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#EBC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC557

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC557	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.134 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68b',
    500: '#ebc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc557;
$custom-light: #f5d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83591,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC557

secondary

#3454B3

accent

#40DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC557

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

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