#EBC661#EBC661

#EBC661 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.127 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC661
RGB	rgb(235, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 1.53, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 54.57, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% 0.0015 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.127 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6153, 58.9165, 19.6969)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC661 #6186EB

analogous

#EB8161 #EBC661 #CBEB61

triadic

#EBC661 #61EBC6 #C661EB

tetradic

#EBC661 #61EB81 #6186EB #EB61CB

square

#EBC661 #61EB81 #6186EB #EB61CB

split-complementary

#EBC661 #61CBEB #8161EB

monochromatic

#BA8E18 #E4B22B #EBC661 #F2DA97 #F9EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EBC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EBC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC661

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC661	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.127 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d791',
    500: '#ebc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc661;
$custom-light: #f4d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.913,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83897,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC661

secondary

#375AB9

accent

#43DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC661

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

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