#EBD55E#EBD55E

#EBD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD55E
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -6.36, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 60.50, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0217 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0780, 66.0614, 20.1741)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD55E #5E74EB

analogous

#EB8E5E #EBD55E #BBEB5E

triadic

#EBD55E #5EEBD5 #D55EEB

tetradic

#EBD55E #5EEB8E #5E74EB #EB5EBB

square

#EBD55E #5EEB8E #5E74EB #EB5EBB

split-complementary

#EBD55E #5EBBEB #8E5EEB

monochromatic

#B89F17 #E4C728 #EBD55E #F2E394 #F9F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#EBD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD55E

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD55E	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)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e190',
    500: '#ebd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd55e;
$custom-light: #f4e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86877,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD55E

secondary

#364AB7

accent

#2CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD55E

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

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