#EBD151#EBD151

#EBD151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.147 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD151
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -5.14, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 64.69, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0196 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.147 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5493, 63.8600, 17.0252)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD151 #516BEB

analogous

#EB8451 #EBD151 #B8EB51

triadic

#EBD151 #51EBD1 #D151EB

tetradic

#EBD151 #51EB84 #516BEB #EB51B8

square

#EBD151 #51EB84 #516BEB #EB51B8

split-complementary

#EBD151 #51B8EB #8451EB

monochromatic

#AE9414 #E5C21A #EBD151 #F1E088 #F8EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EBD151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#EBD151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD151

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD151	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.147 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de88',
    500: '#ebd151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd151;
$custom-light: #f5de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85942,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD151

secondary

#3247AE

accent

#2DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD151

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

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