#EBD857#EBD857

#EBD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.148 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD857
RGB	rgb(235, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -8.33, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 64.49, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0281 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.148 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5396, 67.4646, 18.8480)
Luminance	0.6746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD857 #576AEB

analogous

#EB8E57 #EBD857 #B4EB57

triadic

#EBD857 #57EBD8 #D857EB

tetradic

#EBD857 #57EB8E #576AEB #EB57B4

square

#EBD857 #57EB8E #576AEB #EB57B4

split-complementary

#EBD857 #57B4EB #8E57EB

monochromatic

#B29E15 #E4CB20 #EBD857 #F2E58E #F8F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EBD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#EBD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD857

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD857	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.148 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38c',
    500: '#ebd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd857;
$custom-light: #f5e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.297,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87421,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD857

secondary

#3444B3

accent

#25DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD857

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

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