#EBC599#EBC599

#EBC599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.072 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC599
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 7.39, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 28.11, 74.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% 0.0239 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.072 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.9783, 59.8972, 38.5328)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC599 #99BFEB

analogous

#EB9C99 #EBC599 #E8EB99

triadic

#EBC599 #99EBC5 #C599EB

tetradic

#EBC599 #99EB9C #99BFEB #EB99E8

square

#EBC599 #99EB9C #99BFEB #EB99E8

split-complementary

#EBC599 #99E8EB #9C99EB

monochromatic

#D78B33 #E1A866 #EBC599 #F5E2CC #FAF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EBC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#EBC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC599

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC599	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.072 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d6b7',
    500: '#ebc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc599;
$custom-light: #f2d6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84574,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC599

secondary

#6290C6

accent

#6CCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF8

border

#D6D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC599

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

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