#EBD591#EBD591

#EBD591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.090 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD591
RGB	rgb(235, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 38.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -1.83, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 36.45, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0035 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.09 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1674, 67.2972, 36.4448)
Luminance	0.6730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD591 #91A7EB

analogous

#EBA891 #EBD591 #D4EB91

triadic

#EBD591 #91EBD5 #D591EB

tetradic

#EBD591 #91EBA8 #91A7EB #EB91D4

square

#EBD591 #91EBA8 #91A7EB #EB91D4

split-complementary

#EBD591 #91D4EB #A891EB

monochromatic

#D8AD29 #E2C15D #EBD591 #F4E9C5 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EBD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#EBD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD591

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD591	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.090 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1b2',
    500: '#ebd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd591;
$custom-light: #f3e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87575,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD591

secondary

#5A75C6

accent

#42D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD591

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

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