#EBCE57#EBCE57

#EBCE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCE57
RGB	rgb(235, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -3.25, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 61.27, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0135 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0552, 62.4958, 18.0199)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCE57 #5774EB

analogous

#EB8457 #EBCE57 #BEEB57

triadic

#EBCE57 #57EBCE #CE57EB

tetradic

#EBCE57 #57EB84 #5774EB #EB57BE

square

#EBCE57 #57EB84 #5774EB #EB57BE

split-complementary

#EBCE57 #57BEEB #8457EB

monochromatic

#B29415 #E4BE20 #EBCE57 #F2DE8E #F8EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EBCE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#EBCE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCE57

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCE57	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8b',
    500: '#ebce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebce57;
$custom-light: #f5dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85391,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCE57

secondary

#344DB3

accent

#33DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCE57

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

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