#EBD159#EBD159

#EBD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD159
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -4.66, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 61.35, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0173 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8671, 63.9871, 18.6993)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD159 #5973EB

analogous

#EB8859 #EBD159 #BCEB59

triadic

#EBD159 #59EBD1 #D159EB

tetradic

#EBD159 #59EB88 #5973EB #EB59BC

square

#EBD159 #59EB88 #5973EB #EB59BC

split-complementary

#EBD159 #59BCEB #8859EB

monochromatic

#B49816 #E4C222 #EBD159 #F2E090 #F8EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EBD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#EBD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD159

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD159	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8d',
    500: '#ebd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd159;
$custom-light: #f5de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86016,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD159

secondary

#344BB4

accent

#30DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD159

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

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