#EBD661#EBD661

#EBD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD661
RGB	rgb(235, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -6.66, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 59.53, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0222 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4675, 66.6209, 20.9810)
Luminance	0.6662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD661 #6176EB

analogous

#EB9161 #EBD661 #BBEB61

triadic

#EBD661 #61EBD6 #D661EB

tetradic

#EBD661 #61EB91 #6176EB #EB61BB

square

#EBD661 #61EB91 #6176EB #EB61BB

split-complementary

#EBD661 #61BBEB #9161EB

monochromatic

#BAA118 #E4C82B #EBD661 #F2E497 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EBD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#EBD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD661

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD661	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e292',
    500: '#ebd661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd661;
$custom-light: #f4e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87111,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD661

secondary

#374BB9

accent

#2BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD661

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

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