#EBD174#EBD174

#EBD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.117 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD174
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 50.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -2.63, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 49.13, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0084 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.117 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2159, 64.5266, 25.8027)
Luminance	0.6452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD174 #748EEB

analogous

#EB9674 #EBD174 #CAEB74

triadic

#EBD174 #74EBD1 #D174EB

tetradic

#EBD174 #74EB96 #748EEB #EB74CA

square

#EBD174 #74EB96 #748EEB #EB74CA

split-complementary

#EBD174 #74CAEB #9674EB

monochromatic

#C8A21D #E3BF3E #EBD174 #F3E3AA #FAF4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EBD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD174

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD174	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)

#E2CD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.117 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de9e',
    500: '#ebd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd174;
$custom-light: #f4de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86328,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD174

secondary

#405DC3

accent

#3AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD174

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

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