#EBD971#EBD971

#EBD971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD971
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 51.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -6.96, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 53.35, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0213 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0564, 68.4825, 25.5692)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD971 #7183EB

analogous

#EB9C71 #EBD971 #C0EB71

triadic

#EBD971 #71EBD9 #D971EB

tetradic

#EBD971 #71EB9C #7183EB #EB71C0

square

#EBD971 #71EB9C #7183EB #EB71C0

split-complementary

#EBD971 #71C0EB #9C71EB

monochromatic

#C6AD1C #E3CB3B #EBD971 #F3E7A7 #FAF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EBD971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EBD971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD971

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD971	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49c',
    500: '#ebd971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd971;
$custom-light: #f4e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87906,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD971

secondary

#3D51C3

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD971

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

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