#EBD157#EBD157

#EBD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD157
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -4.78, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 62.20, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0179 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7843, 63.9540, 18.2630)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD157 #5771EB

analogous

#EB8757 #EBD157 #BBEB57

triadic

#EBD157 #57EBD1 #D157EB

tetradic

#EBD157 #57EB87 #5771EB #EB57BB

square

#EBD157 #57EB87 #5771EB #EB57BB

split-complementary

#EBD157 #57BBEB #8757EB

monochromatic

#B29715 #E4C220 #EBD157 #F2E08E #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EBD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#EBD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD157

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD157	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)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8b',
    500: '#ebd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd157;
$custom-light: #f5de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85997,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD157

secondary

#344AB3

accent

#2FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD157

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

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