#EBD451#EBD451

#EBD451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.149 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD451
RGB	rgb(235, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -6.66, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 65.63, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.024 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.149 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2922, 65.3459, 17.2729)
Luminance	0.6534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD451 #5168EB

analogous

#EB8751 #EBD451 #B5EB51

triadic

#EBD451 #51EBD4 #D451EB

tetradic

#EBD451 #51EB87 #5168EB #EB51B5

square

#EBD451 #51EB87 #5168EB #EB51B5

split-complementary

#EBD451 #51B5EB #8751EB

monochromatic

#AE9714 #E5C61A #EBD451 #F1E288 #F8EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EBD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#EBD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD451

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD451	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.149 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e088',
    500: '#ebd451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd451;
$custom-light: #f5e088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.039,
    "s": 79.381,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86552,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD451

secondary

#3244AE

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD451

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

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