#EBC657#EBC657

#EBC657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.135 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC657
RGB	rgb(235, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 0.86, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 58.98, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0017 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.135 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1781, 58.7416, 17.3942)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC657 #577CEB

analogous

#EB7C57 #EBC657 #C6EB57

triadic

#EBC657 #57EBC6 #C657EB

tetradic

#EBC657 #57EB7C #577CEB #EB57C6

square

#EBC657 #57EB7C #577CEB #EB57C6

split-complementary

#EBC657 #57C6EB #7C57EB

monochromatic

#B28B15 #E4B320 #EBC657 #F2D98E #F8EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EBC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#EBC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC657

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC657	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.135 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d78b',
    500: '#ebc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc657;
$custom-light: #f5d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8379,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC657

secondary

#3453B3

accent

#3FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC657

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

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