#EBD331

sRGB: 235 / 211 / 49

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions flicker through endless evenings
Fleeting moments surrender to silence

#EBD331 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 211 green and 49 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 52.3° lands in the yellow region. Its 82.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 211, 49
HSL: 52.26°, 82.30%, 55.69%
HSV / HSB: 52.26°, 79.15%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 10.21%, 79.15%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.108, 64.474, 12.290
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.212, -7.584, 76.131
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64472
24-bit decimal: 15455025

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EBD331 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.89:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.51:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3149EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBD331 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EBD331 #3149EB

Analogous

#EB7631 and #A6EB31 sit 30° to either side of #EBD331. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EB7631 #EBD331 #A6EB31

Triadic

#EBD331, #31EBD3 and #D331EB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBD331 #31EBD3 #D331EB

Split complementary

Start at #EBD331 and look across the wheel. #31A6EB and #7631EB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBD331 #31A6EB #7631EB

Square

Starting with #EBD331, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #31EB76, #3149EB, then #EB31A6. Across the square, #EBD331 pairs with #3149EB, and #31EB76 with #EB31A6.

#EBD331 #31EB76 #3149EB #EB31A6

Tetradic

#EBD331 and #3149EB are opposites, as are #49EB31 and #D331EB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBD331 #49EB31 #3149EB #D331EB

Tints

Mixing #EBD331 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFDC5A, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF6D6, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBD331 #EFDC5A #F3E583 #F7EDAD #FBF6D6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBD331 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCA927, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2A0A, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBD331 #BCA927 #8D7F1D #5E5414 #2F2A0A #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBD331 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C241, keeps 80% of the original. By #959170, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBD331 #D6C241 #C0B251 #ABA160 #959170 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EBD331

RGB

rgb(235 211 49)

HSL

hsl(52.258 82.301% 55.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBD331;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBD331 uses 235 red, 211 green and 49 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 82.7%

Blue 19.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBD331 is 0.0% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 79.1% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 10.2%

Yellow 79.1%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECC33. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EC3 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBD331 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EECC33 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC33

Gradient to complement

#EBD331 #CCBC50 #ADA56F #8E8E8E #6F77AD #5060CC #3149EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBD331 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E8CD00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#EED63E

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FEC3B5

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EAD020

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EDD438

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFCF79

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D2D2D2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DFD39D

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.83077 G 0.65141 B 0.03071

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.90579 G 0.83080 B 0.33060

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.79893 G 0.65736 B 0.08932

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.431 y 0.478 Y 64.474

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.843 M % 17.255 Y % 80.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101011 11010011 00110001