#EBC561#EBC561

#EBC561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC561
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, 2.05, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 54.30, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% 0.003 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.126 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3875, 58.4608, 19.6210)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC561 #6187EB

analogous

#EB8061 #EBC561 #CCEB61

triadic

#EBC561 #61EBC5 #C561EB

tetradic

#EBC561 #61EB80 #6187EB #EB61CC

square

#EBC561 #61EB80 #6187EB #EB61CC

split-complementary

#EBC561 #61CCEB #8061EB

monochromatic

#BA8D18 #E4B12B #EBC561 #F2D997 #F9EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EBC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#EBC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC561

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC561	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d691',
    500: '#ebc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc561;
$custom-light: #f5d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83699,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC561

secondary

#375BB9

accent

#44DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC561

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

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