#EBC859#EBC859

#EBC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.135 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC859
RGB	rgb(235, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -0.04, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 58.67, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0041 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.135 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7211, 59.6950, 17.9839)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC859 #597CEB

analogous

#EB7F59 #EBC859 #C5EB59

triadic

#EBC859 #59EBC8 #C859EB

tetradic

#EBC859 #59EB7F #597CEB #EB59C5

square

#EBC859 #59EB7F #597CEB #EB59C5

split-complementary

#EBC859 #59C5EB #7F59EB

monochromatic

#B48E16 #E4B622 #EBC859 #F2DA90 #F8ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EBC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#EBC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC859

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC859	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.135 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88c',
    500: '#ebc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc859;
$custom-light: #f5d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84208,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC859

secondary

#3453B4

accent

#3DDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC859

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

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