#EBD97C#EBD97C

#EBD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD97C
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 47.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -5.99, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 48.16, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0173 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7137, 68.7453, 29.0306)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD97C #7C8EEB

analogous

#EBA17C #EBD97C #C6EB7C

triadic

#EBD97C #7CEBD9 #D97CEB

tetradic

#EBD97C #7CEBA1 #7C8EEB #EB7CC6

square

#EBD97C #7CEBA1 #7C8EEB #EB7CC6

split-complementary

#EBD97C #7CC6EB #A17CEB

monochromatic

#CDB11F #E3CA47 #EBD97C #F3E8B1 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#EBD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD97C

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD97C	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a3',
    500: '#ebd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd97c;
$custom-light: #f3e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 73.51,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88052,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD97C

secondary

#475BC4

accent

#30D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD97C

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

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