#EBC74E#EBC74E

#EBC74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.142 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC74E
RGB	rgb(235, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 66.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -0.19, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 63.03, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0058 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.142 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0624, 59.0622, 15.6535)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC74E #4E72EB

analogous

#EB794E #EBC74E #C1EB4E

triadic

#EBC74E #4EEBC7 #C74EEB

tetradic

#EBC74E #4EEB79 #4E72EB #EB4EC1

square

#EBC74E #4EEB79 #4E72EB #EB4EC1

split-complementary

#EBC74E #4EC1EB #794EEB

monochromatic

#AB8813 #E2B41A #EBC74E #F1D885 #F7EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EBC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EBC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC74E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC74E	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.142 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d785',
    500: '#ebc74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc74e;
$custom-light: #f5d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83905,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC74E

secondary

#314DAC

accent

#3ADC09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC74E

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

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