#EBC551#EBC551

#EBC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.139 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC551
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, 1.02, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 61.27, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.002 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.139 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7152, 58.1919, 16.0805)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC551 #5177EB

analogous

#EB7851 #EBC551 #C4EB51

triadic

#EBC551 #51EBC5 #C551EB

tetradic

#EBC551 #51EB78 #5177EB #EB51C4

square

#EBC551 #51EB78 #5177EB #EB51C4

split-complementary

#EBC551 #51C4EB #7851EB

monochromatic

#AE8814 #E5B31A #EBC551 #F1D788 #F8EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#EBC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC551

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC551	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.139 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d687',
    500: '#ebc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc551;
$custom-light: #f5d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83533,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC551

secondary

#3251AE

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC551

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

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