#EBD579#EBD579

#EBD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.115 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD579
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -4.24, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 48.14, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0126 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.115 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5083, 66.6335, 27.7071)
Luminance	0.6663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD579 #798FEB

analogous

#EB9C79 #EBD579 #C8EB79

triadic

#EBD579 #79EBD5 #D579EB

tetradic

#EBD579 #79EB9C #798FEB #EB79C8

square

#EBD579 #79EB9C #798FEB #EB79C8

split-complementary

#EBD579 #79C8EB #9C79EB

monochromatic

#CBAA1E #E3C444 #EBD579 #F3E6AE #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EBD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#EBD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD579

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD579	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.115 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1a1',
    500: '#ebd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd579;
$custom-light: #f3e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87201,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD579

secondary

#445DC4

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD579

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

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