#EBCD5C#EBCD5C
#EBCD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.136 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EBCD5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 205, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 78%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 61%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 60.9%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.97, -2.42, 58.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.97, 58.82, 92.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.24% -0.0106 0.1352) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.24% 0.136 94.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0266, 62.1004, 19.0533) |
| Luminance | 0.6210 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.09
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.28
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.91
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.94
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EBCD5C #5C7AEB
analogous
#EB865C #EBCD5C #C1EB5C
triadic
#EBCD5C #5CEBCD #CD5CEB
tetradic
#EBCD5C #5CEB86 #5C7AEB #EB5CC1
square
#EBCD5C #5CEB86 #5C7AEB #EB5CC1
split-complementary
#EBCD5C #5CC1EB #865CEB
monochromatic
#B69516 #E4BC25 #EBCD5C #F2DE93 #F8EEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#EBCD5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.42
#EBCD5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EBCD5C
13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EBCD5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EBCD5C | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.42 | 13.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 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)
#E0C950
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D361
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FCBFB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ebcd5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 205, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.136 94.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5dc8e',
500: '#ebcd5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ebcd5c; $custom-light: #f5dc8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ebcd5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 205,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.413,
"s": 78.142,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8524,
"c": 0.13556,
"h": 94.5
},
"luminance": 0.62098
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EBCD5C
secondary
#3550B6
accent
#37DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F