#EBD55D#EBD55D

#EBD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD55D
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -6.43, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 60.94, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.022 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(60.0334, 66.0436, 19.9393)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD55D #5D73EB

analogous

#EB8E5D #EBD55D #BAEB5D

triadic

#EBD55D #5DEBD5 #D55DEB

tetradic

#EBD55D #5DEB8E #5D73EB #EB5DBA

square

#EBD55D #5DEB8E #5D73EB #EB5DBA

split-complementary

#EBD55D #5DBAEB #8E5DEB

monochromatic

#B79E17 #E4C727 #EBD55D #F2E393 #F8F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#EBD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD55D

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD55D	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e18f',
    500: '#ebd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd55d;
$custom-light: #f4e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86867,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.66041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD55D

secondary

#364AB7

accent

#2BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD55D

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

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