#EBD957#EBD957

#EBD957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD957
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -8.83, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 64.83, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0295 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.7965, 67.9785, 18.9337)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD957 #5769EB

analogous

#EB8F57 #EBD957 #B3EB57

triadic

#EBD957 #57EBD9 #D957EB

tetradic

#EBD957 #57EB8F #5769EB #EB57B3

square

#EBD957 #57EB8F #5769EB #EB57B3

split-complementary

#EBD957 #57B3EB #8F57EB

monochromatic

#B29F15 #E4CD20 #EBD957 #F2E58E #F8F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EBD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD957

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD957	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.149 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e48c',
    500: '#ebd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd957;
$custom-light: #f5e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87625,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD957

secondary

#3443B3

accent

#24DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD957

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

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