#EBD059#EBD059

#EBD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD059
RGB	rgb(235, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -4.15, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 61.04, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0159 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6226, 63.4980, 18.6177)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD059 #5974EB

analogous

#EB8759 #EBD059 #BDEB59

triadic

#EBD059 #59EBD0 #D059EB

tetradic

#EBD059 #59EB87 #5974EB #EB59BD

square

#EBD059 #59EB87 #5974EB #EB59BD

split-complementary

#EBD059 #59BDEB #8759EB

monochromatic

#B49716 #E4C122 #EBD059 #F2DF90 #F8EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#EBD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#EBD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD059

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD059	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8c',
    500: '#ebd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd059;
$custom-light: #f5de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85814,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD059

secondary

#344CB4

accent

#31DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD059

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

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