#EBC951#EBC951

#EBC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.141 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC951
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -1.05, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 62.34, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0079 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.141 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6356, 60.0326, 16.3873)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC951 #5173EB

analogous

#EB7C51 #EBC951 #C0EB51

triadic

#EBC951 #51EBC9 #C951EB

tetradic

#EBC951 #51EB7C #5173EB #EB51C0

square

#EBC951 #51EB7C #5173EB #EB51C0

split-complementary

#EBC951 #51C0EB #7C51EB

monochromatic

#AE8C14 #E5B81A #EBC951 #F1DA88 #F8EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EBC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#EBC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC951

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC951	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.141 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d987',
    500: '#ebc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc951;
$custom-light: #f5d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84331,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC951

secondary

#324DAE

accent

#38DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC951

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

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