#EBD980#EBD980

#EBD980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.112 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD980
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 45.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -5.62, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 46.24, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0159 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.112 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9718, 68.8486, 30.3899)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD980 #8092EB

analogous

#EBA380 #EBD980 #C7EB80

triadic

#EBD980 #80EBD9 #D980EB

tetradic

#EBD980 #80EBA3 #8092EB #EB80C7

square

#EBD980 #80EBA3 #8092EB #EB80C7

split-complementary

#EBD980 #80C7EB #A380EB

monochromatic

#D0B221 #E3C94B #EBD980 #F3E9B5 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EBD980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD980

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD980	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.112 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a6',
    500: '#ebd980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd980;
$custom-light: #f3e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88109,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD980

secondary

#4B5FC4

accent

#32D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD980

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

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