#EBD162#EBD162

#EBD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD162
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -4.05, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 57.42, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0146 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2684, 64.1476, 20.8127)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD162 #627CEB

analogous

#EB8C62 #EBD162 #C1EB62

triadic

#EBD162 #62EBD1 #D162EB

tetradic

#EBD162 #62EB8C #627CEB #EB62C1

square

#EBD162 #62EB8C #627CEB #EB62C1

split-complementary

#EBD162 #62C1EB #8C62EB

monochromatic

#BB9C18 #E4C12C #EBD162 #F2E198 #F9F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EBD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#EBD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD162

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD162	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)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de92',
    500: '#ebd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd162;
$custom-light: #f4de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86109,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD162

secondary

#3750BA

accent

#33DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD162

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

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