#EBD357#EBD357

#EBD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD357
RGB	rgb(235, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -5.80, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 62.84, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0208 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.2780, 64.9415, 18.4275)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD357 #576FEB

analogous

#EB8957 #EBD357 #B9EB57

triadic

#EBD357 #57EBD3 #D357EB

tetradic

#EBD357 #57EB89 #576FEB #EB57B9

square

#EBD357 #57EB89 #576FEB #EB57B9

split-complementary

#EBD357 #57B9EB #8957EB

monochromatic

#B29915 #E4C520 #EBD357 #F2E18E #F8F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EBD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#EBD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD357

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD357	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08b',
    500: '#ebd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd357;
$custom-light: #f5e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86402,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD357

secondary

#3448B3

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD357

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

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