#EBCC59#EBCC59

#EBCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.137 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCC59
RGB	rgb(235, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -2.10, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 59.82, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.01 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.137 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.6596, 61.5721, 18.2968)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCC59 #5978EB

analogous

#EB8359 #EBCC59 #C1EB59

triadic

#EBCC59 #59EBCC #CC59EB

tetradic

#EBCC59 #59EB83 #5978EB #EB59C1

square

#EBCC59 #59EB83 #5978EB #EB59C1

split-complementary

#EBCC59 #59C1EB #8359EB

monochromatic

#B49216 #E4BB22 #EBCC59 #F2DD90 #F8EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EBCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#EBCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCC59

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCC59	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)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.137 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db8c',
    500: '#ebcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcc59;
$custom-light: #f5db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85009,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCC59

secondary

#344FB4

accent

#37DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCC59

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

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