#EBD862#EBD862

#EBD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD862
RGB	rgb(235, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -7.60, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 59.78, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0248 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0237, 67.6582, 21.3978)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD862 #6275EB

analogous

#EB9462 #EBD862 #B9EB62

triadic

#EBD862 #62EBD8 #D862EB

tetradic

#EBD862 #62EB94 #6275EB #EB62B9

square

#EBD862 #62EB94 #6275EB #EB62B9

split-complementary

#EBD862 #62B9EB #9462EB

monochromatic

#BBA418 #E4CB2C #EBD862 #F2E598 #F9F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EBD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#EBD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD862

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD862	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)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e393',
    500: '#ebd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd862;
$custom-light: #f4e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87529,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD862

secondary

#3749BA

accent

#28DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD862

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

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