#EBD255#EBD255

#EBD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD255
RGB	rgb(235, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -5.41, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 63.35, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.02 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.9498, 64.4140, 17.9206)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD255 #556EEB

analogous

#EB8755 #EBD255 #B9EB55

triadic

#EBD255 #55EBD2 #D255EB

tetradic

#EBD255 #55EB87 #556EEB #EB55B9

square

#EBD255 #55EB87 #556EEB #EB55B9

split-complementary

#EBD255 #55B9EB #8755EB

monochromatic

#B19715 #E5C41E #EBD255 #F1E08C #F8EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#EBD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD255

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD255	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df8a',
    500: '#ebd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd255;
$custom-light: #f5df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86181,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD255

secondary

#3348B1

accent

#2DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD255

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

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