#EBC65E#EBC65E
#EBC65E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.129 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EBC65E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 198, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 78%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 60%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 60%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.22, 1.32, 55.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.22, 55.92, 88.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.86% 0.0005 0.1293) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.86% 0.129 89.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4780, 58.8616, 18.9741) |
| Luminance | 0.5886 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.39
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.92
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.35
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.59
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.67
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EBC65E #5E83EB
analogous
#EB7F5E #EBC65E #CAEB5E
triadic
#EBC65E #5EEBC6 #C65EEB
tetradic
#EBC65E #5EEB7F #5E83EB #EB5ECA
square
#EBC65E #5EEB7F #5E83EB #EB5ECA
split-complementary
#EBC65E #5ECAEB #7F5EEB
monochromatic
#B88E17 #E4B328 #EBC65E #F2D994 #F9EDCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#EBC65E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.77
#EBC65E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EBC65E
12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EBC65E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EBC65E | 1.00 | 1.64 | 12.77 | 12.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDB8AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ebc65e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 198, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.129 89.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d78f',
500: '#ebc65e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ebc65e; $custom-light: #f5d78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ebc65e",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 198,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.255,
"s": 77.901,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83863,
"c": 0.12928,
"h": 89.8
},
"luminance": 0.58858
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EBC65E
secondary
#3658B7
accent
#42DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F