#EBC651#EBC651

#EBC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC651
RGB	rgb(235, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, 0.50, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 61.53, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0035 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.139 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9431, 58.6476, 16.1565)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC651 #5176EB

analogous

#EB7951 #EBC651 #C3EB51

triadic

#EBC651 #51EBC6 #C651EB

tetradic

#EBC651 #51EB79 #5176EB #EB51C3

square

#EBC651 #51EB79 #5176EB #EB51C3

split-complementary

#EBC651 #51C3EB #7951EB

monochromatic

#AE8914 #E5B41A #EBC651 #F1D888 #F8EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EBC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#EBC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC651

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC651	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d787',
    500: '#ebc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc651;
$custom-light: #f5d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83732,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC651

secondary

#3250AE

accent

#3CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC651

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

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