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#ebfa4d

a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Yellow

Token name suggestion: Studio Honey

RGB
235, 250, 77
HSL
65°, 95%, 64%
CMYK
6, 0, 69, 2
Luminance
0.8657

#ebfa4d is a balanced electric yellow, 65° on the wheel and 29/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.31:1). As text it scores 1.15:1 on white — use #727C04 instead. Nearest name is Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(65 95% 64%)rgb(235 250 77)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ebfa4d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ebfa4d
Hue
65°
yellow
Saturation
95%
electric
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8657
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
29/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.31:1
Closest name
Yellow
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
80.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.944
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.1
Web-safe
#FFFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue65° of 360°
Saturation95%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ebfa4d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool29% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red20%
Green79%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ebfa4d
HEX (8-digit)#ebfa4dff
RGBrgb(235, 250, 77)
RGBArgba(235, 250, 77, 1)
HSLhsl(65, 95%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 69%, 98%)
HWBhwb(65 30% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 69%, 2%)
LABlab(94.6 -25.5 76.8)
LCHlch(94.6 80.9 108.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.944 0.188 114.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.79, 86.57, 20.05)
Decimal15465037
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.980 0.302)
Web-safe#FFFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ebfa4d;
background-color: #ebfa4d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ebfa4d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ebfa4d] bg-[#ebfa4d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ebfa4d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.980, blue: 0.302)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.980, blue: 0.302, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EBFA4D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEBFA4D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEBFA4D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(77, 250, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 250, 77)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 250, 77)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 250, 77)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.9804f, 0.3020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,250,77}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ebfa4d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ebfa4d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#727C04, #ECEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ebfa4d h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCFDF1;
  --brand-100: #F9FBE4;
  --brand-200: #F5FAC2;
  --brand-300: #F3FC92;
  --brand-400: #ebfa4d;
  --brand-500: #E6F925;
  --brand-600: #DAEE07;
  --brand-700: #B6C606;
  --brand-800: #919F04;
  --brand-900: #697208;
  --brand-950: #424805;
  --brand: #ebfa4d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #E7F92A;
  --brand-pressed: #E3F808;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #ECEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCFDF1',
        100: '#F9FBE4',
        200: '#F5FAC2',
        300: '#F3FC92',
        400: '#ebfa4d',
        500: '#E6F925',
        600: '#DAEE07',
        700: '#B6C606',
        800: '#919F04',
        900: '#697208',
        950: '#424805',
        DEFAULT: '#ebfa4d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCFDF1,
  '100': #F9FBE4,
  '200': #F5FAC2,
  '300': #F3FC92,
  '400': #ebfa4d,
  '500': #E6F925,
  '600': #DAEE07,
  '700': #B6C606,
  '800': #919F04,
  '900': #697208,
  '950': #424805,
);
$brand-base: #ebfa4d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCFDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9FBE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F5FAC2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F3FC92", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ebfa4d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E6F925", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DAEE07", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B6C606", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#919F04", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#697208", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#424805", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #ebfa4d · 18.31:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.15:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.31:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ebfa4d as text scores 1.15:1 on white and 18.31:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #727C04 at 3.98:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#727C04 · 4.56:1
AA on white−39% L
#727C04
The quick fox
#525A03 · 7.44:1
AAA on white−46% L
#525A03
The quick fox
#ebfa4d · 18.31:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ebfa4d
The quick fox
#ebfa4d · 18.31:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ebfa4d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8D9A04 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ebfa4d on white: 1.15:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ebfa4d on black: 18.31:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ebfa4d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ebfa4d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.15:1AaAa
Slate 501.10:1AaAa
Slate 1001.05:1AaAa
Slate 2001.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.29:1AaAa
Slate 4002.24:1AaAa
Slate 5004.15:1AaAa
Slate 6006.61:1AaAa
Slate 7009.03:1AaAa
Slate 80012.76:1AaAa
Slate 90015.57:1AaAa
Black18.31:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEE2F
deuteranopia · #FFF15A
tritanopia · #FAECD8

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ebfa4d is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCFDF1
#F9FBE4
#F5FAC2
#F3FC92
#ebfa4d
#E6F925
#DAEE07
#B6C606
#919F04
#697208
#424805
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCFDF1Darkest = 950 · #424805Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.047 114.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.075 114.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.113 114.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.146 114.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.173 114.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.188 114.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.188 114.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.177 114.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.158 114.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.131 114.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.103 114.3);
}

Colors that work with #ebfa4d

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#949B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4967FE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#727C04
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCFEE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E7F92A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E3F808
Two steps down
Disabled#E2E3D4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F1FF5C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ebfa4d

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #727C04
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8D9A04

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight36/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#5C4DFA
Analogous left#FAB24D
Analogous right#94FA4D
Split-complement 1#4D94FA
Split-complement 2#B24DFA
Triadic 1#4DEBFA
Triadic 2#FA4DEB
Tetradic#4DFAB2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°65°

#ebfa4d sits at 65°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green98.0%
Blue30.2%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
250
0xfa
B · 0–255
77
0x4d

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow69.2%
Key (black)2.0%

Total ink coverage is 77%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ebfa4d text on a black background

contrast 18.31:1

Card sample

#ebfa4d text on a white background

contrast 1.15:1

Card sample

#ebfa4d on grey

1.05:1

#ebfa4d on its own surface

1.09:1

#ebfa4d on its dark surface

13.73:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ebfa4d;
Background color
Panel with #ebfa4d background
background-color: #ebfa4d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ebfa4d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 250, 77, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 250, 77, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ebfa4d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebfa4d, #78FA4D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ebfa4d, #4DFA4E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ebfa4d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ebfa4d;
caret-color: #ebfa4d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ebfa4d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCFEE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ebfa4d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ebfa4d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ebfa4d over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(235, 250, 77, 0.5)
rgb(235 250 77 / 50%)
#ebfa4d80
hsl(65 95% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ebfa4d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ebfa4d1a#FDFFED
20%#ebfa4d33#FBFEDB
40%#ebfa4d66#F7FDB8
60%#ebfa4d99#F3FC94
80%#ebfa4dcc#EFFB71

Gradients from #ebfa4d

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2FC88, #ebfa4d 45%, #727C04);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ebfa4d, #50F92F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ebfa4d, #5C4DFA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5FCA6 0%, #ebfa4d 45%, #727C04 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FBBD7F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9AFB6B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #727C04 0%, transparent 65%), #ebfa4d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ebfa4d

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ebfa4d in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.31:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ebfa4d, answered

What color is #ebfa4d?

#ebfa4d is a balanced electric yellow, closest to Yellow (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 65° on the hue wheel with 95% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ebfa4d?

rgb(235, 250, 77) — 235 red, 250 green and 77 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 98% / 30.2% by channel.

What is #ebfa4d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(65, 95%, 64%) and hsv(65, 69%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ebfa4d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8657 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 18.31:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ebfa4d?

Black. It scores 18.31:1 against #ebfa4d, versus 1.15:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ebfa4d accessible on a white background?

#ebfa4d on white scores 1.15:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #727C04 to reach 4.5:1, or #525A03 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ebfa4d?

#5C4DFA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #4D94FA and #B24DFA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ebfa4d?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E9EDC0 for borders, #949B4B for secondary text, #4967FE as an accent and #727C04 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FAB24D and #94FA4D stays calm, while #5C4DFA is the loudest partner.

What is #ebfa4d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 0%, 69%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #ebfa4d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 29 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FACA4D; nudged cooler, #ACFC4B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ebfa4d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ebfa4d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ebfa4d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ebfa4d] or text-[#ebfa4d], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ebfa4d with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 250, 77, 0.5), or #ebfa4d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5FDA6; over black, #767D27.

Is #ebfa4d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF66, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ebfa4d mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #ebfa4d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2FC88, #ebfa4d 45%, #727C04). For more colour, a short hue run to #50F92F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ebfa4d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ebfa4d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.