#EBC550#EBC550

#EBC550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC550
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, 0.96, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 61.68, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0022 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.14 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6780, 58.1770, 15.8845)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC550 #5076EB

analogous

#EB7850 #EBC550 #C4EB50

triadic

#EBC550 #50EBC5 #C550EB

tetradic

#EBC550 #50EB78 #5076EB #EB50C4

square

#EBC550 #50EB78 #5076EB #EB50C4

split-complementary

#EBC550 #50C4EB #7850EB

monochromatic

#AD8714 #E4B21A #EBC550 #F1D787 #F8E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#EBC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC550

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC550	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)

#DAC242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d686',
    500: '#ebc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc550;
$custom-light: #f5d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83524,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC550

secondary

#3250AE

accent

#3DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC550

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

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