#EBC552#EBC552

#EBC552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC552
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, 1.08, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 60.85, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0017 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.138 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7530, 58.2070, 16.2795)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC552 #5278EB

analogous

#EB7952 #EBC552 #C5EB52

triadic

#EBC552 #52EBC5 #C552EB

tetradic

#EBC552 #52EB79 #5278EB #EB52C5

square

#EBC552 #52EB79 #5278EB #EB52C5

split-complementary

#EBC552 #52C5EB #7952EB

monochromatic

#AE8814 #E5B31B #EBC552 #F1D789 #F8EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#EBC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC552

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC552	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)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d687',
    500: '#ebc552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc552;
$custom-light: #f5d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 79.275,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83543,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC552

secondary

#3251AF

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC552

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

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