#EBC955#EBC955

#EBC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EBC955
RGBrgb(235, 201, 85)
HSLhsl(46, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(46, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.89, -0.81, 60.66)
CIE-LCHlch(81.89, 60.66, 90.76°)
OKLaboklab(84.37% -0.0068 0.1382)
OKLCHoklch(84.37% 0.138 92.8)
XYZxyz(56.7900, 60.0944, 17.2007)
Luminance0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EBC955 #5577EB
analogous
#EB7E55 #EBC955 #C2EB55
triadic
#EBC955 #55EBC9 #C955EB
tetradic
#EBC955 #55EB7E #5577EB #EB55C2
square
#EBC955 #55EB7E #5577EB #EB55C2
split-complementary
#EBC955 #55C2EB #7E55EB
monochromatic
#B18D15 #E5B81E #EBC955 #F1DA8C #F8ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61
#EBC955 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02
#EBC955 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC955
13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EBC955#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EBC9551.001.6113.0213.02
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0221.001.001.00
##00000013.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC648
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D05A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDBAB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ebc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 92.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d98a',
    500: '#ebc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ebc955;
$custom-light: #f5d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ebc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84368,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EBC955
secondary
#3350B1
accent
#3ADB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F

Preview Lab

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#EBC955 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva