#EBD97D#EBD97D

#EBD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.115 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD97D
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 46.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -5.90, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 47.68, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.017 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.115 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7772, 68.7708, 29.3653)
Luminance	0.6877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD97D #7D8FEB

analogous

#EBA27D #EBD97D #C6EB7D

triadic

#EBD97D #7DEBD9 #D97DEB

tetradic

#EBD97D #7DEBA2 #7D8FEB #EB7DC6

square

#EBD97D #7DEBA2 #7D8FEB #EB7DC6

split-complementary

#EBD97D #7DC6EB #A27DEB

monochromatic

#CEB120 #E3C948 #EBD97D #F3E9B2 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#EBD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD97D

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD97D	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)

#E9D475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.115 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a4',
    500: '#ebd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd97d;
$custom-light: #f3e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88066,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD97D

secondary

#485CC4

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD97D

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

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