#ebac00

Color #ebac00

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 1.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ebac00

RGB

rgb(235, 172, 0)

HSL

hsl(43.9, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(43.9, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 100%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(74.3, 11.74, 77.43)

LCH

lch(74.3, 78.31, 81.38)

OKLCH

oklch(78.3%, 0.1613, 82.02)

HWB

hwb(43.9, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#003feb

Analogous

#eb3600

#ebac00

#b5eb00

Triadic

#ebac00

#00ebac

#ac00eb

Split-complementary

#ebac00

#00b5eb

#3600eb

Tetradic

#ebac00

#3feb00

#003feb

#ac00eb

Square

#ebac00

#00eb36

#003feb

#eb00b5

Shades

Color #ebac00 mixed toward black.

#c48f00

#9d7300

#765600

#4e3900

#271d00

Tints

Color #ebac00 mixed toward white.

#ffc21a

#ffce48

#ffda76

#ffe6a3

#fff3d1

Tones

Color #ebac00 mixed toward gray.

#d8a314

#c49a27

#b0913b

#9d884e

#897f62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d3d259 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#d6db63 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#e8757a · ΔE 39.7

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 28.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ebac00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebac00]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Frequently asked questions

#ebac00 (#ebac00) is rgb(235, 172, 0) in RGB.

No, #ebac00 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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