#EBC559#EBC559

#EBC559 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC559
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, 1.51, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 57.85, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% 0.0004 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.133 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0331, 58.3191, 17.7546)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC559 #597FEB

analogous

#EB7C59 #EBC559 #C8EB59

triadic

#EBC559 #59EBC5 #C559EB

tetradic

#EBC559 #59EB7C #597FEB #EB59C8

square

#EBC559 #59EB7C #597FEB #EB59C8

split-complementary

#EBC559 #59C8EB #7C59EB

monochromatic

#B48B16 #E4B222 #EBC559 #F2D890 #F8EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#EBC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC559

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC559	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)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d68c',
    500: '#ebc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc559;
$custom-light: #f5d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83612,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC559

secondary

#3456B4

accent

#41DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC559

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

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