#EBD759#EBD759

#EBD759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.146 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD759
RGB	rgb(235, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -7.70, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 63.31, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0261 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.146 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3670, 66.9869, 19.1992)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD759 #596DEB

analogous

#EB8E59 #EBD759 #B6EB59

triadic

#EBD759 #59EBD7 #D759EB

tetradic

#EBD759 #59EB8E #596DEB #EB59B6

square

#EBD759 #59EB8E #596DEB #EB59B6

split-complementary

#EBD759 #59B6EB #8E59EB

monochromatic

#B49E16 #E4CA22 #EBD759 #F2E490 #F8F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EBD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#EBD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD759

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD759	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.146 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38d',
    500: '#ebd759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd759;
$custom-light: #f5e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87235,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD759

secondary

#3446B4

accent

#27DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD759

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

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