#EBD55F#EBD55F

#EBD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD55F
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 59.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -6.29, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 60.07, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0214 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.1231, 66.0795, 20.4119)
Luminance	0.6608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD55F #5F75EB

analogous

#EB8F5F #EBD55F #BBEB5F

triadic

#EBD55F #5FEBD5 #D55FEB

tetradic

#EBD55F #5FEB8F #5F75EB #EB5FBB

square

#EBD55F #5FEB8F #5F75EB #EB5FBB

split-complementary

#EBD55F #5FBBEB #8F5FEB

monochromatic

#B99F17 #E4C729 #EBD55F #F2E395 #F9F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#EBD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD55F

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD55F	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e190',
    500: '#ebd55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd55f;
$custom-light: #f4e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86887,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD55F

secondary

#364BB8

accent

#2CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD55F

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

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