#EBD156#EBD156

#EBD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.143 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD156
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -4.84, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 62.62, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0182 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.143 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7437, 63.9378, 18.0493)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD156 #5670EB

analogous

#EB8656 #EBD156 #BBEB56

triadic

#EBD156 #56EBD1 #D156EB

tetradic

#EBD156 #56EB86 #5670EB #EB56BB

square

#EBD156 #56EB86 #5670EB #EB56BB

split-complementary

#EBD156 #56BBEB #8656EB

monochromatic

#B29615 #E5C21F #EBD156 #F1E08D #F8EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EBD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#EBD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD156

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD156	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.143 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8b',
    500: '#ebd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd156;
$custom-light: #f5de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85987,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD156

secondary

#3349B2

accent

#2FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD156

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

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