#EBCB51#EBCB51
#EBCB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.143 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EBCB51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 203, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 79%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 66%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 65.5%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.36, -2.07, 62.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.36, 62.90, 91.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.73% -0.0109 0.1423) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.73% 0.143 94.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.1048, 60.9711, 16.5437) |
| Luminance | 0.6097 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.69
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.59
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.99
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.50
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.06
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EBCB51 #5171EB
analogous
#EB7E51 #EBCB51 #BEEB51
triadic
#EBCB51 #51EBCB #CB51EB
tetradic
#EBCB51 #51EB7E #5171EB #EB51BE
square
#EBCB51 #51EB7E #5171EB #EB51BE
split-complementary
#EBCB51 #51BEEB #7E51EB
monochromatic
#AE8E14 #E5BB1A #EBCB51 #F1DB88 #F8ECBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#EBCB51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.19
#EBCB51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EBCB51
13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EBCB51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EBCB51 | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.19 | 13.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC742
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D157
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDBCB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ebcb51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 203, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.143 94.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5da87',
500: '#ebcb51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ebcb51; $custom-light: #f5da87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ebcb51",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 203,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.532,
"s": 79.381,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84732,
"c": 0.14271,
"h": 94.4
},
"luminance": 0.60968
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EBCB51
secondary
#324CAE
accent
#35DC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F