#EBD960#EBD960

#EBD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD960
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -8.24, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 61.01, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0268 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.1874, 68.1349, 20.9924)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD960 #6072EB

analogous

#EB9360 #EBD960 #B8EB60

triadic

#EBD960 #60EBD9 #D960EB

tetradic

#EBD960 #60EB93 #6072EB #EB60B8

square

#EBD960 #60EB93 #6072EB #EB60B8

split-complementary

#EBD960 #60B8EB #9360EB

monochromatic

#B9A417 #E4CC2A #EBD960 #F2E696 #F9F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#EBD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD960

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD960	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)

#EBD353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e491',
    500: '#ebd960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd960;
$custom-light: #f4e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87712,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD960

secondary

#3747B9

accent

#26DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD960

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

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