#EBD657#EBD657

#EBD657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD657
RGB	rgb(235, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -7.32, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 63.82, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0252 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0303, 66.4460, 18.6783)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD657 #576CEB

analogous

#EB8C57 #EBD657 #B6EB57

triadic

#EBD657 #57EBD6 #D657EB

tetradic

#EBD657 #57EB8C #576CEB #EB57B6

square

#EBD657 #57EB8C #576CEB #EB57B6

split-complementary

#EBD657 #57B6EB #8C57EB

monochromatic

#B29C15 #E4C920 #EBD657 #F2E38E #F8F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EBD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#EBD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD657

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD657	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28c',
    500: '#ebd657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd657;
$custom-light: #f5e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87013,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD657

secondary

#3446B3

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD657

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

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