#EBC981#EBC981

#EBC981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.098 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC981
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(41, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 45.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, 2.69, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 40.42, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% 0.0084 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.098 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.1120, 61.0232, 29.4296)
Luminance	0.6102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC981 #81A3EB

analogous

#EB9481 #EBC981 #D8EB81

triadic

#EBC981 #81EBC9 #C981EB

tetradic

#EBC981 #81EB94 #81A3EB #EB81D8

square

#EBC981 #81EB94 #81A3EB #EB81D8

split-complementary

#EBC981 #81D8EB #9481EB

monochromatic

#D19821 #E3B24C #EBC981 #F3E0B6 #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EBC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#EBC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC981

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC981	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C87B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.098 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d9a6',
    500: '#ebc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc981;
$custom-light: #f3d9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84926,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC981

secondary

#4C72C5

accent

#50D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC981

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

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