#EBD55B#EBD55B

#EBD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD55B
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -6.56, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 61.80, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0226 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.9460, 66.0086, 19.4788)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD55B #5B71EB

analogous

#EB8D5B #EBD55B #B9EB5B

triadic

#EBD55B #5BEBD5 #D55BEB

tetradic

#EBD55B #5BEB8D #5B71EB #EB5BB9

square

#EBD55B #5BEB8D #5B71EB #EB5BB9

split-complementary

#EBD55B #5BB9EB #8D5BEB

monochromatic

#B59D16 #E4C724 #EBD55B #F2E392 #F8F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#EBD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD55B

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD55B	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)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18e',
    500: '#ebd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd55b;
$custom-light: #f5e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86847,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD55B

secondary

#3549B5

accent

#2BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD55B

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

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