#EBC44F#EBC44F

#EBC44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC44F
RGB	rgb(235, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, 1.42, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 61.84, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.001 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.14 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4150, 57.7098, 15.6159)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC44F #4F76EB

analogous

#EB764F #EBC44F #C4EB4F

triadic

#EBC44F #4FEBC4 #C44FEB

tetradic

#EBC44F #4FEB76 #4F76EB #EB4FC4

square

#EBC44F #4FEB76 #4F76EB #EB4FC4

split-complementary

#EBC44F #4FC4EB #764FEB

monochromatic

#AC8614 #E3B11A #EBC44F #F1D686 #F7E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EBC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EBC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC44F

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC44F	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d586',
    500: '#ebc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc44f;
$custom-light: #f5d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 79.592,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83317,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC44F

secondary

#3150AD

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC44F

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

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