#EBEC4D#EBEC4D

#EBEC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.174 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC4D
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -18.77, 73.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 75.54, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0587 0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.174 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5982, 78.1908, 18.6566)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC4D #4E4DEC

analogous

#EC9E4D #EBEC4D #9CEC4D

triadic

#EBEC4D #4DEBEC #EC4DEB

tetradic

#EBEC4D #4DEC9E #4E4DEC #EC4D9C

square

#EBEC4D #4DEC9E #4E4DEC #EC4D9C

split-complementary

#EBEC4D #4D9CEC #9E4DEC

monochromatic

#ABAC12 #E2E418 #EBEC4D #F1F284 #F7F8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EBEC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC4D

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC4D	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.174 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f188',
    500: '#ebec4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec4d;
$custom-light: #f5f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.377,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91481,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC4D

secondary

#3130AD

accent

#08DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC4D

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

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