#EBCE5B#EBCE5B

#EBCE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.137 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCE5B
RGB	rgb(235, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -3.00, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 59.56, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0123 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.137 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.2231, 62.5630, 18.9046)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCE5B #5B78EB

analogous

#EB865B #EBCE5B #C0EB5B

triadic

#EBCE5B #5BEBCE #CE5BEB

tetradic

#EBCE5B #5BEB86 #5B78EB #EB5BC0

square

#EBCE5B #5BEB86 #5B78EB #EB5BC0

split-complementary

#EBCE5B #5BC0EB #865BEB

monochromatic

#B59516 #E4BE24 #EBCE5B #F2DE92 #F8EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EBCE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EBCE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCE5B

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCE5B	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.137 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8e',
    500: '#ebce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebce5b;
$custom-light: #f5dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85431,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCE5B

secondary

#354FB5

accent

#35DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCE5B

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

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