#EBD251#EBD251

#EBD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD251
RGB	rgb(235, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -5.65, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 65.00, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0211 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.148 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7954, 64.3522, 17.1072)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD251 #516AEB

analogous

#EB8551 #EBD251 #B7EB51

triadic

#EBD251 #51EBD2 #D251EB

tetradic

#EBD251 #51EB85 #516AEB #EB51B7

square

#EBD251 #51EB85 #516AEB #EB51B7

split-complementary

#EBD251 #51B7EB #8551EB

monochromatic

#AE9514 #E5C41A #EBD251 #F1E088 #F8EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#EBD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD251

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD251	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)

#E6CD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.148 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df88',
    500: '#ebd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd251;
$custom-light: #f5df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86145,
    "c": 0.14779,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD251

secondary

#3246AE

accent

#2CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD251

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

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