#EBC851#EBC851

#EBC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.141 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC851
RGB	rgb(235, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -0.53, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 62.07, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0064 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.141 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4032, 59.5679, 16.3099)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC851 #5174EB

analogous

#EB7B51 #EBC851 #C1EB51

triadic

#EBC851 #51EBC8 #C851EB

tetradic

#EBC851 #51EB7B #5174EB #EB51C1

square

#EBC851 #51EB7B #5174EB #EB51C1

split-complementary

#EBC851 #51C1EB #7B51EB

monochromatic

#AE8B14 #E5B71A #EBC851 #F1D988 #F8EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EBC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#EBC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC851

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC851	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.141 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d887',
    500: '#ebc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc851;
$custom-light: #f5d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84131,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC851

secondary

#324EAE

accent

#3ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC851

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

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