#EBD599#EBD599

#EBD599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.081 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD599
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(44, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -0.91, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 32.49, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0003 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.081 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8061, 67.5527, 39.8087)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD599 #99AFEB

analogous

#EBAC99 #EBD599 #D8EB99

triadic

#EBD599 #99EBD5 #D599EB

tetradic

#EBD599 #99EBAC #99AFEB #EB99D8

square

#EBD599 #99EBAC #99AFEB #EB99D8

split-complementary

#EBD599 #99D8EB #AC99EB

monochromatic

#D7AB33 #E1C066 #EBD599 #F5EACC #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EBD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#EBD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD599

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD599	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.081 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e1b7',
    500: '#ebd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd599;
$custom-light: #f2e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87718,
    "c": 0.08087,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD599

secondary

#627DC6

accent

#48CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD599

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

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