#EBD969#EBD969

#EBD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD969
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -7.59, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 57.02, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.024 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.6258, 68.3102, 23.3009)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD969 #697BEB

analogous

#EB9869 #EBD969 #BCEB69

triadic

#EBD969 #69EBD9 #D969EB

tetradic

#EBD969 #69EB98 #697BEB #EB69BC

square

#EBD969 #69EB98 #697BEB #EB69BC

split-complementary

#EBD969 #69BCEB #9869EB

monochromatic

#C0A91A #E4CB33 #EBD969 #F2E79F #F9F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EBD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#EBD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD969

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD969	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e497',
    500: '#ebd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd969;
$custom-light: #f4e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8781,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD969

secondary

#3A4CBF

accent

#29D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD969

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

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