#EBCB86

sRGB: 235 / 203 / 134

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Golden visions find forgotten pathways

#EBCB86 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 203 green and 134 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 41.0° lands in the orange region. Its 71.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.42:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 203, 134
HSL: 40.99°, 71.63%, 72.35%
HSV / HSB: 40.99°, 42.98%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 13.62%, 42.98%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.918, 62.096, 31.385
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.965, 2.152, 38.524
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62095
24-bit decimal: 15453062

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EBCB86 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.42:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.56:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#86A6EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBCB86 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EBCB86 #86A6EB

Analogous

#EB9886 and #D9EB86 sit 30° to either side of #EBCB86. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EB9886 #EBCB86 #D9EB86

Triadic

#EBCB86, #86EBCB and #CB86EB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBCB86 #86EBCB #CB86EB

Split complementary

Start at #EBCB86 and look across the wheel. #86D9EB and #9886EB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBCB86 #86D9EB #9886EB

Square

Starting with #EBCB86, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #86EB98, #86A6EB, then #EB86D9. Across the square, #EBCB86 pairs with #86A6EB, and #86EB98 with #EB86D9.

#EBCB86 #86EB98 #86A6EB #EB86D9

Tetradic

#EBCB86 and #86A6EB are opposites, as are #A6EB86 and #CB86EB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBCB86 #A6EB86 #86A6EB #CB86EB

Tints

Mixing #EBCB86 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFD59E, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF5E7, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBCB86 #EFD59E #F3E0B6 #F7EACF #FBF5E7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBCB86 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCA26B, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F291B, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBCB86 #BCA26B #8D7A50 #5E5136 #2F291B #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBCB86 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6BC85, keeps 80% of the original. By #958F81, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBCB86 #D6BC85 #C0AD84 #AB9E82 #958F81 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EBCB86

RGB

rgb(235 203 134)

HSL

hsl(40.990 71.631% 72.353%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBCB86;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBCB86 uses 235 red, 203 green and 134 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 79.6%

Blue 52.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBCB86 is 0.0% cyan, 13.6% magenta, 43.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 13.6%

Yellow 43.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECC88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EC8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBCB86 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EECC88 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#EBCB86 #DAC597 #C9BFA8 #B9B9B9 #A8B2C9 #97ACDA #86A6EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBCB86 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DBCA81

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E3D288

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FAC0BA

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E1CB83

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E5CF87

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EDC89C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#CFCFCF

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DDCDAF

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.83077 G 0.59720 B 0.23840

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.90095 G 0.80066 B 0.56061

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.78930 G 0.60495 B 0.27449

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.391 y 0.405 Y 62.096

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.843 M % 20.392 Y % 47.451

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101011 11001011 10000110