#EBC85E#EBC85E

#EBC85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC85E
RGB	rgb(235, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, 0.29, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 56.47, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0025 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.131 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.9382, 59.7819, 19.1275)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC85E #5E81EB

analogous

#EB815E #EBC85E #C8EB5E

triadic

#EBC85E #5EEBC8 #C85EEB

tetradic

#EBC85E #5EEB81 #5E81EB #EB5EC8

square

#EBC85E #5EEB81 #5E81EB #EB5EC8

split-complementary

#EBC85E #5EC8EB #815EEB

monochromatic

#B89017 #E4B528 #EBC85E #F2DB94 #F9EDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EBC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#EBC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC85E

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC85E	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.131 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88f',
    500: '#ebc85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc85e;
$custom-light: #f5d88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84261,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC85E

secondary

#3656B7

accent

#3FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC85E

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

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