#EBD16D#EBD16D

#EBD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.124 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD16D
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 53.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -3.22, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 52.41, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0109 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.124 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8239, 64.3698, 23.7385)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD16D #6D87EB

analogous

#EB926D #EBD16D #C6EB6D

triadic

#EBD16D #6DEBD1 #D16DEB

tetradic

#EBD16D #6DEB92 #6D87EB #EB6DC6

square

#EBD16D #6DEB92 #6D87EB #EB6DC6

split-complementary

#EBD16D #6DC6EB #926DEB

monochromatic

#C3A01B #E4C037 #EBD16D #F2E2A3 #FAF3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#EBD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD16D

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD16D	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.124 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de99',
    500: '#ebd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd16d;
$custom-light: #f4de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86238,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD16D

secondary

#3B57C1

accent

#37D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD16D

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

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