#EBCE51#EBCE51

#EBCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.145 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCE51
RGB	rgb(235, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -3.61, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 63.78, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0153 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.145 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8202, 62.4018, 16.7822)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCE51 #516EEB

analogous

#EB8151 #EBCE51 #BBEB51

triadic

#EBCE51 #51EBCE #CE51EB

tetradic

#EBCE51 #51EB81 #516EEB #EB51BB

square

#EBCE51 #51EB81 #516EEB #EB51BB

split-complementary

#EBCE51 #51BBEB #8151EB

monochromatic

#AE9114 #E5BE1A #EBCE51 #F1DD88 #F8EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EBCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#EBCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCE51

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCE51	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.145 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc88',
    500: '#ebce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebce51;
$custom-light: #f5dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85336,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCE51

secondary

#3249AE

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCE51

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

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