#EBD978#EBD978

#EBD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD978
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 48.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -6.36, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 50.07, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0188 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(62.4658, 68.6462, 27.7253)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD978 #788AEB

analogous

#EBA078 #EBD978 #C3EB78

triadic

#EBD978 #78EBD9 #D978EB

tetradic

#EBD978 #78EBA0 #788AEB #EB78C3

square

#EBD978 #78EBA0 #788AEB #EB78C3

split-complementary

#EBD978 #78C3EB #A078EB

monochromatic

#CBB01E #E3CA43 #EBD978 #F3E8AD #FBF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EBD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#EBD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD978

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD978	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a1',
    500: '#ebd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd978;
$custom-light: #f3e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87997,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD978

secondary

#4458C4

accent

#2ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD978

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

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