#EBC962#EBC962

#EBC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBC962
RGB	rgb(235, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, 0.05, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 54.97, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0027 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.128 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3547, 60.3203, 20.1748)
Luminance	0.6032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBC962 #6284EB

analogous

#EB8462 #EBC962 #C9EB62

triadic

#EBC962 #62EBC9 #C962EB

tetradic

#EBC962 #62EB84 #6284EB #EB62C9

square

#EBC962 #62EB84 #6284EB #EB62C9

split-complementary

#EBC962 #62C9EB #8462EB

monochromatic

#BB9218 #E4B62C #EBC962 #F2DC98 #F9EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EBC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#EBC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBC962

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBC962	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d992',
    500: '#ebc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebc962;
$custom-light: #f4d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84505,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBC962

secondary

#3758BA

accent

#3FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBC962

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

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