#EBD261#EBD261

#EBD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD261
RGB	rgb(235, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -4.63, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 58.19, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0163 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4676, 64.6211, 20.6477)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD261 #617AEB

analogous

#EB8D61 #EBD261 #BFEB61

triadic

#EBD261 #61EBD2 #D261EB

tetradic

#EBD261 #61EB8D #617AEB #EB61BF

square

#EBD261 #61EB8D #617AEB #EB61BF

split-complementary

#EBD261 #61BFEB #8D61EB

monochromatic

#BA9D18 #E4C32B #EBD261 #F2E197 #F9F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EBD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#EBD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD261

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD261	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)

#E5CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df92',
    500: '#ebd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd261;
$custom-light: #f4df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.863,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD261

secondary

#374FB9

accent

#31DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD261

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

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