#EBC553#EBC553

#EBC553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.137 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC553
RGB	rgb(235, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 64.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, 1.14, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 60.43, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0014 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.137 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7913, 58.2224, 16.4813)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC553 #5379EB

analogous

#EB7953 #EBC553 #C5EB53

triadic

#EBC553 #53EBC5 #C553EB

tetradic

#EBC553 #53EB79 #5379EB #EB53C5

square

#EBC553 #53EB79 #5379EB #EB53C5

split-complementary

#EBC553 #53C5EB #7953EB

monochromatic

#AF8914 #E5B31C #EBC553 #F1D78A #F8EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EBC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#EBC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC553

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC553	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)

#D9C346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.137 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d688',
    500: '#ebc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc553;
$custom-light: #f5d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83552,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC553

secondary

#3252B0

accent

#3EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC553

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

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