#EBC659#EBC659

#EBC659 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.133 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC659
RGB	rgb(235, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, 0.99, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 58.12, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0011 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.133 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2609, 58.7747, 17.8305)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC659 #597EEB

analogous

#EB7D59 #EBC659 #C7EB59

triadic

#EBC659 #59EBC6 #C659EB

tetradic

#EBC659 #59EB7D #597EEB #EB59C7

square

#EBC659 #59EB7D #597EEB #EB59C7

split-complementary

#EBC659 #59C7EB #7D59EB

monochromatic

#B48C16 #E4B322 #EBC659 #F2D990 #F8ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EBC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#EBC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC659

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC659	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.133 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d78c',
    500: '#ebc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc659;
$custom-light: #f5d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.795,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8381,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC659

secondary

#3455B4

accent

#3FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC659

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

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