#EBD985#EBD985

#EBD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.106 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD985
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 43.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -5.13, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 43.82, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.014 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.106 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3090, 68.9835, 32.1660)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD985 #8597EB

analogous

#EBA685 #EBD985 #CAEB85

triadic

#EBD985 #85EBD9 #D985EB

tetradic

#EBD985 #85EBA6 #8597EB #EB85CA

square

#EBD985 #85EBA6 #8597EB #EB85CA

split-complementary

#EBD985 #85CAEB #A685EB

monochromatic

#D3B423 #E2C950 #EBD985 #F4E9BA #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EBD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD985

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD985	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.106 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4aa',
    500: '#ebd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd985;
$custom-light: #f3e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88183,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD985

secondary

#4F64C5

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD985

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

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