#EBCB59#EBCB59

#EBCB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.137 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCB59
RGB	rgb(235, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -1.59, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 59.52, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0085 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.137 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4227, 61.0983, 18.2178)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCB59 #5979EB

analogous

#EB8259 #EBCB59 #C2EB59

triadic

#EBCB59 #59EBCB #CB59EB

tetradic

#EBCB59 #59EB82 #5979EB #EB59C2

square

#EBCB59 #59EB82 #5979EB #EB59C2

split-complementary

#EBCB59 #59C2EB #8259EB

monochromatic

#B49116 #E4BA22 #EBCB59 #F2DC90 #F8EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EBCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EBCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCB59

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCB59	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.137 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5da8c',
    500: '#ebcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcb59;
$custom-light: #f5da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84808,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCB59

secondary

#3450B4

accent

#38DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCB59

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

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