#EBD987#EBD987

#EBD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.104 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD987
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 42.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -4.93, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 42.84, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0133 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.104 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4485, 69.0393, 32.9007)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD987 #8799EB

analogous

#EBA787 #EBD987 #CBEB87

triadic

#EBD987 #87EBD9 #D987EB

tetradic

#EBD987 #87EBA7 #8799EB #EB87CB

square

#EBD987 #87EBA7 #8799EB #EB87CB

split-complementary

#EBD987 #87CBEB #A787EB

monochromatic

#D4B423 #E2C853 #EBD987 #F4EABB #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#EBD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD987

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD987	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.104 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4ab',
    500: '#ebd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd987;
$custom-light: #f3e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88214,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD987

secondary

#5166C5

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD987

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

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