#EBCA59#EBCA59

#EBCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCA59
RGB	rgb(235, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -1.07, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 59.23, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.007 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.136 93)
XYZ	xyz(57.1873, 60.6275, 18.1393)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCA59 #597AEB

analogous

#EB8159 #EBCA59 #C3EB59

triadic

#EBCA59 #59EBCA #CA59EB

tetradic

#EBCA59 #59EB81 #597AEB #EB59C3

square

#EBCA59 #59EB81 #597AEB #EB59C3

split-complementary

#EBCA59 #59C3EB #8159EB

monochromatic

#B49016 #E4B922 #EBCA59 #F2DB90 #F8EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EBCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#EBCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCA59

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCA59	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d98c',
    500: '#ebca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebca59;
$custom-light: #f5d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84608,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.60624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCA59

secondary

#3451B4

accent

#3ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCA59

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

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