#EBD479#EBD479

#EBD479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.114 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD479
RGB	rgb(235, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -3.73, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 47.78, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0111 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.114 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.2575, 66.1320, 27.6235)
Luminance	0.6613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD479 #7990EB

analogous

#EB9B79 #EBD479 #C9EB79

triadic

#EBD479 #79EBD4 #D479EB

tetradic

#EBD479 #79EB9B #7990EB #EB79C9

square

#EBD479 #79EB9B #7990EB #EB79C9

split-complementary

#EBD479 #79C9EB #9B79EB

monochromatic

#CBA81E #E3C344 #EBD479 #F3E5AE #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#EBD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD479

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD479	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.114 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1a1',
    500: '#ebd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd479;
$custom-light: #f3e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD479

secondary

#445EC4

accent

#37D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD479

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

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