#EBC857#EBC857

#EBC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.136 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC857
RGB	rgb(235, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -0.17, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 59.53, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0047 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.136 92)
XYZ	xyz(56.6382, 59.6619, 17.5476)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC857 #577AEB

analogous

#EB7E57 #EBC857 #C4EB57

triadic

#EBC857 #57EBC8 #C857EB

tetradic

#EBC857 #57EB7E #577AEB #EB57C4

square

#EBC857 #57EB7E #577AEB #EB57C4

split-complementary

#EBC857 #57C4EB #7E57EB

monochromatic

#B28D15 #E4B620 #EBC857 #F2DA8E #F8ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EBC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EBC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC857

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC857	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.136 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88b',
    500: '#ebc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc857;
$custom-light: #f5d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84188,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.59659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC857

secondary

#3452B3

accent

#3CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC857

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

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