#EBD161#EBD161

#EBD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.134 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD161
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -4.12, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 57.87, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0149 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.134 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2215, 64.1289, 20.5656)
Luminance	0.6413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD161 #617BEB

analogous

#EB8C61 #EBD161 #C0EB61

triadic

#EBD161 #61EBD1 #D161EB

tetradic

#EBD161 #61EB8C #617BEB #EB61C0

square

#EBD161 #61EB8C #617BEB #EB61C0

split-complementary

#EBD161 #61C0EB #8C61EB

monochromatic

#BA9B18 #E4C12B #EBD161 #F2E197 #F9F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EBD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#EBD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD161

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD161	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.134 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de92',
    500: '#ebd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd161;
$custom-light: #f4de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86098,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD161

secondary

#374FB9

accent

#33DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD161

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

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