#EBD55C#EBD55C

#EBD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD55C
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -6.49, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 61.37, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0223 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(59.9894, 66.0260, 19.7075)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD55C #5C72EB

analogous

#EB8E5C #EBD55C #BAEB5C

triadic

#EBD55C #5CEBD5 #D55CEB

tetradic

#EBD55C #5CEB8E #5C72EB #EB5CBA

square

#EBD55C #5CEB8E #5C72EB #EB5CBA

split-complementary

#EBD55C #5CBAEB #8E5CEB

monochromatic

#B69E16 #E4C725 #EBD55C #F2E393 #F8F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#EBD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD55C

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD55C	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)

#E8D04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e18f',
    500: '#ebd55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd55c;
$custom-light: #f5e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 78.142,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86857,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.66023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD55C

secondary

#3549B6

accent

#2BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD55C

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

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