#EBD981#EBD981

#EBD981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.111 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD981
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 45.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -5.52, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 45.76, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0155 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.111 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0379, 68.8750, 30.7383)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD981 #8193EB

analogous

#EBA481 #EBD981 #C8EB81

triadic

#EBD981 #81EBD9 #D981EB

tetradic

#EBD981 #81EBA4 #8193EB #EB81C8

square

#EBD981 #81EBA4 #8193EB #EB81C8

split-complementary

#EBD981 #81C8EB #A481EB

monochromatic

#D1B321 #E3C94C #EBD981 #F3E9B6 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EBD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD981

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD981	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)

#E9D57A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.111 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a7',
    500: '#ebd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd981;
$custom-light: #f3e4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88123,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD981

secondary

#4C60C5

accent

#32D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD981

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

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