#ebb200

Color #ebb200

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 10.86 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ebb200

RGB

rgb(235, 178, 0)

HSL

hsl(45.4, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.4, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 100%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(75.77, 8.58, 78.43)

LCH

lch(75.77, 78.9, 83.76)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.1628, 85.28)

HWB

hwb(45.4, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0039eb

Analogous

#eb3c00

#ebb200

#afeb00

Triadic

#ebb200

#00ebb2

#b200eb

Split-complementary

#ebb200

#00afeb

#3c00eb

Tetradic

#ebb200

#39eb00

#0039eb

#b200eb

Square

#ebb200

#00eb3c

#0039eb

#eb00af

Shades

Color #ebb200 mixed toward black.

#c49400

#9d7700

#765900

#4e3b00

#271e00

Tints

Color #ebb200 mixed toward white.

#ffc71a

#ffd248

#ffde76

#ffe9a3

#fff4d1

Tones

Color #ebb200 mixed toward gray.

#d8a814

#c49e27

#b0943b

#9d8a4e

#898062

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d45c · ΔE 16.2

Deuteranopia

#d8dc66 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#e9797f · ΔE 41.4

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 28.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ebb200;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebb200]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#ebb200 (#ebb200) is rgb(235, 178, 0) in RGB.

No, #ebb200 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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