#EBCD5B#EBCD5B

#EBCD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.136 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCD5B
RGB	rgb(235, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -2.48, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 59.25, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0109 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.136 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9832, 62.0830, 18.8246)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCD5B #5B79EB

analogous

#EB855B #EBCD5B #C1EB5B

triadic

#EBCD5B #5BEBCD #CD5BEB

tetradic

#EBCD5B #5BEB85 #5B79EB #EB5BC1

square

#EBCD5B #5BEB85 #5B79EB #EB5BC1

split-complementary

#EBCD5B #5BC1EB #855BEB

monochromatic

#B59416 #E4BC24 #EBCD5B #F2DE92 #F8EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EBCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#EBCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCD5B

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCD5B	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.136 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db8e',
    500: '#ebcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebcd5b;
$custom-light: #f5db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8523,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCD5B

secondary

#3550B5

accent

#36DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCD5B

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

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