#EBC978#EBC978

#EBC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.107 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC978
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 48.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, 1.84, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 44.73, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% 0.005 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.107 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5399, 60.7943, 26.4166)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC978 #789AEB

analogous

#EB9078 #EBC978 #D4EB78

triadic

#EBC978 #78EBC9 #C978EB

tetradic

#EBC978 #78EB90 #789AEB #EB78D4

square

#EBC978 #78EB90 #789AEB #EB78D4

split-complementary

#EBC978 #78D4EB #9078EB

monochromatic

#CB981E #E3B443 #EBC978 #F3DEAD #FBF4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EBC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#EBC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC978

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC978	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBBDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.107 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d9a0',
    500: '#ebc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc978;
$custom-light: #f4d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84789,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC978

secondary

#4469C4

accent

#4AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC978

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

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