#EBD172#EBD172

#EBD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.119 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD172
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 51.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -2.80, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 50.08, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0092 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.119 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1008, 64.4806, 25.1966)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD172 #728CEB

analogous

#EB9472 #EBD172 #C9EB72

triadic

#EBD172 #72EBD1 #D172EB

tetradic

#EBD172 #72EB94 #728CEB #EB72C9

square

#EBD172 #72EB94 #728CEB #EB72C9

split-complementary

#EBD172 #72C9EB #9472EB

monochromatic

#C6A21C #E3C03C #EBD172 #F3E2A8 #FAF4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EBD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD172

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD172	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.119 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9d',
    500: '#ebd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd172;
$custom-light: #f4de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.107,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86301,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD172

secondary

#3E5BC3

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD172

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

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