#EBCB5E#EBCB5E
#EBCB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.133 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EBCB5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 203, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 78%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 60%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.48, -1.26, 57.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.48, 57.34, 91.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.86% -0.007 0.1323) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.86% 0.133 93) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6398, 61.1851, 19.3614) |
| Luminance | 0.6118 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.29
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.59
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.99
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.37
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.37
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EBCB5E #5E7EEB
analogous
#EB855E #EBCB5E #C5EB5E
triadic
#EBCB5E #5EEBCB #CB5EEB
tetradic
#EBCB5E #5EEB85 #5E7EEB #EB5EC5
square
#EBCB5E #5EEB85 #5E7EEB #EB5EC5
split-complementary
#EBCB5E #5EC5EB #855EEB
monochromatic
#B89317 #E4B928 #EBCB5E #F2DD94 #F9EECB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#EBCB5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.24
#EBCB5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EBCB5E
13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EBCB5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EBCB5E | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.24 | 13.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC853
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D163
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCBDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ebcb5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 203, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.133 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5da8f',
500: '#ebcb5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ebcb5e; $custom-light: #f5da8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ebcb5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 203,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.383,
"s": 77.901,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8486,
"c": 0.1325,
"h": 93
},
"luminance": 0.61182
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EBCB5E
secondary
#3653B7
accent
#3ADA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F