#EBD861#EBD861

#EBD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD861
RGB	rgb(235, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -7.67, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 60.22, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0251 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.9768, 67.6394, 21.1507)
Luminance	0.6764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD861 #6174EB

analogous

#EB9361 #EBD861 #B9EB61

triadic

#EBD861 #61EBD8 #D861EB

tetradic

#EBD861 #61EB93 #6174EB #EB61B9

square

#EBD861 #61EB93 #6174EB #EB61B9

split-complementary

#EBD861 #61B9EB #9361EB

monochromatic

#BAA418 #E4CB2B #EBD861 #F2E597 #F9F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EBD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#EBD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD861

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD861	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e392',
    500: '#ebd861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd861;
$custom-light: #f4e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87519,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD861

secondary

#3749B9

accent

#28DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD861

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

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