#EBCC5C#EBCC5C
#EBCC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.135 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EBCC5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 204, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 78%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 61%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60.9%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.71, -1.90, 58.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.71, 58.51, 91.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.04% -0.0091 0.1346) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.04% 0.135 93.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7882, 61.6235, 18.9738) |
| Luminance | 0.6162 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.07
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.37
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.14
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.24
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EBCC5C #5C7BEB
analogous
#EB855C #EBCC5C #C3EB5C
triadic
#EBCC5C #5CEBCC #CC5CEB
tetradic
#EBCC5C #5CEB85 #5C7BEB #EB5CC3
square
#EBCC5C #5CEB85 #5C7BEB #EB5CC3
split-complementary
#EBCC5C #5CC3EB #855CEB
monochromatic
#B69416 #E4BB25 #EBCC5C #F2DD93 #F8EEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#EBCC5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.32
#EBCC5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EBCC5C
13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EBCC5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EBCC5C | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.32 | 13.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC850
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D261
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCBEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ebcc5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 204, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.135 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5db8e',
500: '#ebcc5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ebcc5c; $custom-light: #f5db8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ebcc5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 204,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.993,
"s": 78.142,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85039,
"c": 0.13486,
"h": 93.9
},
"luminance": 0.61621
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EBCC5C
secondary
#3551B6
accent
#38DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F