#EBD561#EBD561

#EBD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD561
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -6.15, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 59.19, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0207 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2152, 66.1163, 20.8969)
Luminance	0.6611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD561 #6177EB

analogous

#EB9061 #EBD561 #BCEB61

triadic

#EBD561 #61EBD5 #D561EB

tetradic

#EBD561 #61EB90 #6177EB #EB61BC

square

#EBD561 #61EB90 #6177EB #EB61BC

split-complementary

#EBD561 #61BCEB #9061EB

monochromatic

#BAA018 #E4C72B #EBD561 #F2E397 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EBD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#EBD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD561

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD561	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)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e192',
    500: '#ebd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd561;
$custom-light: #f4e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86908,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD561

secondary

#374CB9

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD561

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

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