#EBC596#EBC596

#EBC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.075 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC596
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(33, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, 7.04, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 29.48, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% 0.0227 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.075 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7337, 59.7993, 37.2442)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC596 #96BCEB

analogous

#EB9A96 #EBC596 #E7EB96

triadic

#EBC596 #96EBC5 #C596EB

tetradic

#EBC596 #96EB9A #96BCEB #EB96E7

square

#EBC596 #96EB9A #96BCEB #EB96E7

split-complementary

#EBC596 #96E7EB #9A96EB

monochromatic

#D78C2F #E1A963 #EBC596 #F5E1C9 #FAF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EBC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#EBC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC596

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC596	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.075 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d6b5',
    500: '#ebc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc596;
$custom-light: #f3d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84515,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC596

secondary

#5F8DC6

accent

#69D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC596

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

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