#EBD55A#EBD55A

#EBD55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.143 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD55A
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -6.62, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 62.22, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0229 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.143 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.9031, 65.9915, 19.2532)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD55A #5A70EB

analogous

#EB8C5A #EBD55A #B8EB5A

triadic

#EBD55A #5AEBD5 #D55AEB

tetradic

#EBD55A #5AEB8C #5A70EB #EB5AB8

square

#EBD55A #5AEB8C #5A70EB #EB5AB8

split-complementary

#EBD55A #5AB8EB #8C5AEB

monochromatic

#B59D16 #E4C723 #EBD55A #F2E391 #F8F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#EBD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD55A

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD55A	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.143 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18d',
    500: '#ebd55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd55a;
$custom-light: #f5e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86837,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD55A

secondary

#3548B5

accent

#2ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD55A

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

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