#EBD259#EBD259

#EBD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD259
RGB	rgb(235, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -5.17, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 61.67, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0188 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1132, 64.4793, 18.7813)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD259 #5972EB

analogous

#EB8959 #EBD259 #BBEB59

triadic

#EBD259 #59EBD2 #D259EB

tetradic

#EBD259 #59EB89 #5972EB #EB59BB

square

#EBD259 #59EB89 #5972EB #EB59BB

split-complementary

#EBD259 #59BBEB #8959EB

monochromatic

#B49916 #E4C322 #EBD259 #F2E190 #F8F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#EBD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD259

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD259	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)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df8d',
    500: '#ebd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd259;
$custom-light: #f5df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86219,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD259

secondary

#344AB4

accent

#2EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD259

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

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