#EBC959#EBC959

#EBC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.135 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC959
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -0.56, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 58.95, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0056 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.135 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9534, 60.1597, 18.0614)
Luminance	0.6016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC959 #597BEB

analogous

#EB8059 #EBC959 #C4EB59

triadic

#EBC959 #59EBC9 #C959EB

tetradic

#EBC959 #59EB80 #597BEB #EB59C4

square

#EBC959 #59EB80 #597BEB #EB59C4

split-complementary

#EBC959 #59C4EB #8059EB

monochromatic

#B48F16 #E4B722 #EBC959 #F2DB90 #F8EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EBC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EBC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC959

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC959	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.135 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d98c',
    500: '#ebc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc959;
$custom-light: #f5d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84408,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC959

secondary

#3452B4

accent

#3BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC959

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

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