#EBCC51#EBCC51

#EBCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.143 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCC51
RGB	rgb(235, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -2.59, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 63.19, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0123 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.143 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3417, 61.4449, 16.6227)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCC51 #5170EB

analogous

#EB7F51 #EBCC51 #BDEB51

triadic

#EBCC51 #51EBCC #CC51EB

tetradic

#EBCC51 #51EB7F #5170EB #EB51BD

square

#EBCC51 #51EB7F #5170EB #EB51BD

split-complementary

#EBCC51 #51BDEB #7F51EB

monochromatic

#AE8F14 #E5BC1A #EBCC51 #F1DC88 #F8ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EBCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#EBCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCC51

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCC51	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.143 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db87',
    500: '#ebcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcc51;
$custom-light: #f5db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84933,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCC51

secondary

#324BAE

accent

#34DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCC51

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

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