#EBD178#EBD178

#EBD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.113 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD178
RGB	rgb(235, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 48.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -2.28, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 47.23, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.007 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.113 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4536, 64.6217, 27.0545)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD178 #7892EB

analogous

#EB9878 #EBD178 #CCEB78

triadic

#EBD178 #78EBD1 #D178EB

tetradic

#EBD178 #78EB98 #7892EB #EB78CC

square

#EBD178 #78EB98 #7892EB #EB78CC

split-complementary

#EBD178 #78CCEB #9878EB

monochromatic

#CBA41E #E3BF43 #EBD178 #F3E3AD #FBF5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#EBD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD178

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD178	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.113 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3dea1',
    500: '#ebd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd178;
$custom-light: #f3dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86383,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD178

secondary

#4460C4

accent

#3CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD178

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

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