#EBD973#EBD973

#EBD973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD973
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 51.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -6.79, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 52.42, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0206 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1703, 68.5280, 26.1687)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD973 #7385EB

analogous

#EB9D73 #EBD973 #C1EB73

triadic

#EBD973 #73EBD9 #D973EB

tetradic

#EBD973 #73EB9D #7385EB #EB73C1

square

#EBD973 #73EB9D #7385EB #EB73C1

split-complementary

#EBD973 #73C1EB #9D73EB

monochromatic

#C7AE1C #E3CA3D #EBD973 #F3E8A9 #FAF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EBD973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EBD973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD973

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD973	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49e',
    500: '#ebd973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd973;
$custom-light: #f4e49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87931,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD973

secondary

#3F53C3

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD973

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

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