#EBD257#EBD257

#EBD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.143 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD257
RGB	rgb(235, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -5.29, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 62.52, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0194 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.143 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.0304, 64.4462, 18.3450)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD257 #5770EB

analogous

#EB8857 #EBD257 #BAEB57

triadic

#EBD257 #57EBD2 #D257EB

tetradic

#EBD257 #57EB88 #5770EB #EB57BA

square

#EBD257 #57EB88 #5770EB #EB57BA

split-complementary

#EBD257 #57BAEB #8857EB

monochromatic

#B29815 #E4C320 #EBD257 #F2E18E #F8EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#EBD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD257

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD257	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.143 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df8b',
    500: '#ebd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd257;
$custom-light: #f5df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86199,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD257

secondary

#3449B3

accent

#2EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD257

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

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