#EBD457#EBD457

#EBD457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD457
RGB	rgb(235, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -6.31, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 63.16, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.61% -0.0223 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.61% 0.145 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5272, 65.4399, 18.5106)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD457 #576EEB

analogous

#EB8A57 #EBD457 #B8EB57

triadic

#EBD457 #57EBD4 #D457EB

tetradic

#EBD457 #57EB8A #576EEB #EB57B8

square

#EBD457 #57EB8A #576EEB #EB57B8

split-complementary

#EBD457 #57B8EB #8A57EB

monochromatic

#B29A15 #E4C620 #EBD457 #F2E28E #F8F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EBD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#EBD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD457

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD457	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.145 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08c',
    500: '#ebd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd457;
$custom-light: #f5e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86605,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD457

secondary

#3447B3

accent

#2BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD457

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →