#EBD879#EBD879

#EBD879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.118 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD879
RGB	rgb(235, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -5.76, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 49.22, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.017 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.118 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2699, 68.1567, 27.9609)
Luminance	0.6815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD879 #798CEB

analogous

#EB9F79 #EBD879 #C5EB79

triadic

#EBD879 #79EBD8 #D879EB

tetradic

#EBD879 #79EB9F #798CEB #EB79C5

square

#EBD879 #79EB9F #798CEB #EB79C5

split-complementary

#EBD879 #79C5EB #9F79EB

monochromatic

#CBAE1E #E3C944 #EBD879 #F3E7AE #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#EBD879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD879

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD879	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.118 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3a1',
    500: '#ebd879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd879;
$custom-light: #f3e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87807,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD879

secondary

#445AC4

accent

#30D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD879

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

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