#EBC44C#EBC44C

#EBC44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.142 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC44C
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, 1.26, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 63.07, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0019 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.142 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3083, 57.6671, 15.0538)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC44C #4C73EB

analogous

#EB744C #EBC44C #C2EB4C

triadic

#EBC44C #4CEBC4 #C44CEB

tetradic

#EBC44C #4CEB74 #4C73EB #EB4CC2

square

#EBC44C #4CEB74 #4C73EB #EB4CC2

split-complementary

#EBC44C #4CC2EB #744CEB

monochromatic

#AA8513 #E1B019 #EBC44C #F1D683 #F7E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EBC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#EBC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC44C

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC44C	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.142 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d584',
    500: '#ebc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc44c;
$custom-light: #f5d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 79.899,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8329,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC44C

secondary

#304EAB

accent

#3DDC09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC44C

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

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