#EBD96B#EBD96B

#EBD96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD96B
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 54.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -7.44, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 56.11, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0233 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.7298, 68.3518, 23.8487)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD96B #6B7DEB

analogous

#EB996B #EBD96B #BDEB6B

triadic

#EBD96B #6BEBD9 #D96BEB

tetradic

#EBD96B #6BEB99 #6B7DEB #EB6BBD

square

#EBD96B #6BEB99 #6B7DEB #EB6BBD

split-complementary

#EBD96B #6BBDEB #996BEB

monochromatic

#C1AA1A #E4CB35 #EBD96B #F2E7A1 #FAF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EBD96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#EBD96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD96B

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD96B	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e498',
    500: '#ebd96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd96b;
$custom-light: #f4e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87833,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD96B

secondary

#3A4DC0

accent

#2AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD96B

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

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