#EBD859#EBD859

#EBD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.147 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD859
RGB	rgb(235, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -8.20, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 63.65, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0275 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.147 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6224, 67.4977, 19.2844)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD859 #596CEB

analogous

#EB8F59 #EBD859 #B5EB59

triadic

#EBD859 #59EBD8 #D859EB

tetradic

#EBD859 #59EB8F #596CEB #EB59B5

square

#EBD859 #59EB8F #596CEB #EB59B5

split-complementary

#EBD859 #59B5EB #8F59EB

monochromatic

#B49F16 #E4CB22 #EBD859 #F2E590 #F8F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EBD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#EBD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD859

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD859	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.147 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38d',
    500: '#ebd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd859;
$custom-light: #f5e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.192,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87439,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD859

secondary

#3445B4

accent

#26DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD859

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

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