#EBCC56#EBCC56

#EBCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCC56
RGB	rgb(235, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -2.29, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 61.10, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0109 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.14 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5362, 61.5227, 17.6468)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCC56 #5675EB

analogous

#EB8156 #EBCC56 #BFEB56

triadic

#EBCC56 #56EBCC #CC56EB

tetradic

#EBCC56 #56EB81 #5675EB #EB56BF

square

#EBCC56 #56EB81 #5675EB #EB56BF

split-complementary

#EBCC56 #56BFEB #8156EB

monochromatic

#B29115 #E5BB1F #EBCC56 #F1DD8D #F8EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EBCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#EBCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCC56

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCC56	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.140 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db8a',
    500: '#ebcc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcc56;
$custom-light: #f5db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84979,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCC56

secondary

#334EB2

accent

#36DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCC56

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

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