#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
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -0.81, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 60.66, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0068 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.138 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7900, 60.0944, 17.2007)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##EBC955	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #EBC955

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

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