#EBC54E#EBC54E

#EBC54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC54E
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, 0.85, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 62.51, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0028 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.141 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6052, 58.1479, 15.5011)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC54E #4E74EB

analogous

#EB774E #EBC54E #C2EB4E

triadic

#EBC54E #4EEBC5 #C54EEB

tetradic

#EBC54E #4EEB77 #4E74EB #EB4EC2

square

#EBC54E #4EEB77 #4E74EB #EB4EC2

split-complementary

#EBC54E #4EC2EB #774EEB

monochromatic

#AB8613 #E2B21A #EBC54E #F1D785 #F7E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#EBC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC54E

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC54E	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d685',
    500: '#ebc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc54e;
$custom-light: #f5d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83506,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC54E

secondary

#314FAC

accent

#3CDC09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC54E

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

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