#EBC759#EBC759

#EBC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.134 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC759
RGB	rgb(235, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 0.47, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 58.39, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0026 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.134 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.4902, 59.2334, 17.9070)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC759 #597DEB

analogous

#EB7E59 #EBC759 #C6EB59

triadic

#EBC759 #59EBC7 #C759EB

tetradic

#EBC759 #59EB7E #597DEB #EB59C6

square

#EBC759 #59EB7E #597DEB #EB59C6

split-complementary

#EBC759 #59C6EB #7E59EB

monochromatic

#B48D16 #E4B522 #EBC759 #F2D990 #F8ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EBC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EBC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC759

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC759	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.134 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d78c',
    500: '#ebc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc759;
$custom-light: #f5d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84009,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC759

secondary

#3454B4

accent

#3EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC759

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

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