#EBD863#EBD863

#EBD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD863
RGB	rgb(235, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 57.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -7.53, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 59.34, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0244 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0712, 67.6772, 21.6481)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD863 #6376EB

analogous

#EB9463 #EBD863 #BAEB63

triadic

#EBD863 #63EBD8 #D863EB

tetradic

#EBD863 #63EB94 #6376EB #EB63BA

square

#EBD863 #63EB94 #6376EB #EB63BA

split-complementary

#EBD863 #63BAEB #9463EB

monochromatic

#BCA518 #E4CA2D #EBD863 #F2E699 #F9F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#EBD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD863

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD863	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e393',
    500: '#ebd863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd863;
$custom-light: #f4e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8754,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD863

secondary

#384ABB

accent

#29DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD863

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

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