#EBC957#EBC957

#EBC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.137 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC957
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -0.69, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 59.81, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0062 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.137 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8706, 60.1266, 17.6251)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC957 #5779EB

analogous

#EB7F57 #EBC957 #C3EB57

triadic

#EBC957 #57EBC9 #C957EB

tetradic

#EBC957 #57EB7F #5779EB #EB57C3

square

#EBC957 #57EB7F #5779EB #EB57C3

split-complementary

#EBC957 #57C3EB #7F57EB

monochromatic

#B28E15 #E4B720 #EBC957 #F2DB8E #F8ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EBC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#EBC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC957

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC957	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.137 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d98b',
    500: '#ebc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc957;
$custom-light: #f5d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84388,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC957

secondary

#3451B3

accent

#3ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC957

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

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