Light orange
#EBB68B
#EBB68B is a light orange with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#EBB68B shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EBB68B kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF5ED
- 100 FFE6D2
- 200 FCCFAC
- 300 EBB68B
- 400 C9976F
- 500 AD7C52
- 600 906139
- 700 754A23
- 800 5C3510
- 900 422201
- 950 281200
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff5ed; --color-orange-100: #ffe6d2; --color-orange-200: #fccfac; --color-orange-300: #ebb68b; --color-orange-400: #c9976f; --color-orange-500: #ad7c52; --color-orange-600: #906139; --color-orange-700: #754a23; --color-orange-800: #5c3510; --color-orange-900: #422201; --color-orange-950: #281200;}Is #EBB68B readable?
Contrast for text on #EBB68B and for #EBB68B used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9D6C43 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #EBB68B
Six palettes built around #EBB68B, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EBB68B · #C7B058 · #FF957C · #CFF2AE · #322B25
- Complementary#EBB68B · #4F85B6 · #1BADE7 · #FFE3CA · #241F1A
- Split complementary#EBB68B · #009EAD · #9FB0FF · #FFE5D6 · #2D1F14
- Triadic#EBB68B · #15987E · #CA9FFF · #FFD4AA · #26201C
- Tetradic#EBB68B · #5D935F · #33BDFF · #F6C1EF · #383027
- Monochromatic#EBB68B · #BF763E · #F78E1A · #FFE4CF · #2E251B
#EBB68B as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EBB68B looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF5ED
- Brand 100, #FFE6D2
- Brand 200, #FCCFAC
- Brand 300, #EBB68B
- Brand 400, #C9976F
- Brand 500, #AD7C52
- Brand 600, #906139
- Brand 700, #754A23
- Brand 800, #5C3510
- Brand 900, #422201
- Brand 950, #281200
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E2
- Neutral 300, #D8D3CF
- Neutral 400, #A69F9A
- Neutral 500, #79726C
- Neutral 600, #5A534D
- Neutral 700, #463F3A
- Neutral 800, #2D2722
- Neutral 900, #1C1712
- Neutral 950, #0E0906
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #ECA755
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.9:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #EBB68B
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.