#EBCC57#EBCC57

#EBCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.139 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCC57
RGB	rgb(235, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -2.23, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 60.68, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0106 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.139 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5768, 61.5390, 17.8604)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCC57 #5776EB

analogous

#EB8257 #EBCC57 #C0EB57

triadic

#EBCC57 #57EBCC #CC57EB

tetradic

#EBCC57 #57EB82 #5776EB #EB57C0

square

#EBCC57 #57EB82 #5776EB #EB57C0

split-complementary

#EBCC57 #57C0EB #8257EB

monochromatic

#B29115 #E4BB20 #EBCC57 #F2DD8E #F8EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EBCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#EBCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCC57

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCC57	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.139 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db8b',
    500: '#ebcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcc57;
$custom-light: #f5db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84989,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCC57

secondary

#344EB3

accent

#36DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCC57

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

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