#EBD462#EBD462

#EBD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD462
RGB	rgb(235, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -5.58, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 58.41, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.019 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(60.0114, 65.6336, 21.0604)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD462 #6279EB

analogous

#EB8F62 #EBD462 #BDEB62

triadic

#EBD462 #62EBD4 #D462EB

tetradic

#EBD462 #62EB8F #6279EB #EB62BD

square

#EBD462 #62EB8F #6279EB #EB62BD

split-complementary

#EBD462 #62BDEB #8F62EB

monochromatic

#BB9F18 #E4C52C #EBD462 #F2E398 #F9F2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EBD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#EBD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD462

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD462	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e092',
    500: '#ebd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd462;
$custom-light: #f4e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86716,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.65631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD462

secondary

#374DBA

accent

#2EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD462

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

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