#EBD959#EBD959

#EBD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD959
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -8.70, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 64.00, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0289 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.8794, 68.0116, 19.3700)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD959 #596BEB

analogous

#EB9059 #EBD959 #B4EB59

triadic

#EBD959 #59EBD9 #D959EB

tetradic

#EBD959 #59EB90 #596BEB #EB59B4

square

#EBD959 #59EB90 #596BEB #EB59B4

split-complementary

#EBD959 #59B4EB #9059EB

monochromatic

#B4A016 #E4CC22 #EBD959 #F2E690 #F8F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EBD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD959

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD959	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)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e48d',
    500: '#ebd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd959;
$custom-light: #f5e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87644,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD959

secondary

#3444B4

accent

#24DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD959

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

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