#EBD499#EBD499

#EBD499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.080 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD499
RGB	rgb(235, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(43, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -0.40, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 32.14, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% 0.0012 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.08 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5553, 67.0512, 39.7251)
Luminance	0.6705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD499 #99B0EB

analogous

#EBAB99 #EBD499 #D9EB99

triadic

#EBD499 #99EBD4 #D499EB

tetradic

#EBD499 #99EBAB #99B0EB #EB99D9

square

#EBD499 #99EBAB #99B0EB #EB99D9

split-complementary

#EBD499 #99D9EB #AB99EB

monochromatic

#D7A933 #E1BE66 #EBD499 #F5EACC #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EBD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#EBD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD499

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD499	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.080 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e1b7',
    500: '#ebd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd499;
$custom-light: #f2e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.171,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87519,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD499

secondary

#627EC6

accent

#4ACF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD499

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

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