#EBC956#EBC956

#EBC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC956
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -0.75, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 60.24, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0065 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.138 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8300, 60.1104, 17.4114)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC956 #5678EB

analogous

#EB7F56 #EBC956 #C2EB56

triadic

#EBC956 #56EBC9 #C956EB

tetradic

#EBC956 #56EB7F #5678EB #EB56C2

square

#EBC956 #56EB7F #5678EB #EB56C2

split-complementary

#EBC956 #56C2EB #7F56EB

monochromatic

#B28E15 #E5B81F #EBC956 #F1DA8D #F8ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EBC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#EBC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC956

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC956	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d98a',
    500: '#ebc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc956;
$custom-light: #f5d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84378,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC956

secondary

#3350B2

accent

#3ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC956

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

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