#ebb500

Color #ebb500

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ebb500

RGB

rgb(235, 181, 0)

HSL

hsl(46.2, 100%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.2, 100%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23%, 100%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(76.51, 7.01, 78.94)

LCH

lch(76.51, 79.25, 84.93)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.1636, 86.88)

HWB

hwb(46.2, 0%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0036eb

Analogous

#eb3f00

#ebb500

#aceb00

Triadic

#ebb500

#00ebb5

#b500eb

Split-complementary

#ebb500

#00aceb

#3f00eb

Tetradic

#ebb500

#36eb00

#0036eb

#b500eb

Square

#ebb500

#00eb3f

#0036eb

#eb00ac

Shades

Color #ebb500 mixed toward black.

#c49700

#9d7900

#765b00

#4e3c00

#271e00

Tints

Color #ebb500 mixed toward white.

#ffca1a

#ffd548

#ffdf76

#ffeaa3

#fff4d1

Tones

Color #ebb500 mixed toward gray.

#d8aa14

#c4a027

#b0953b

#9d8b4e

#898062

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d6d55e · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#d9dd68 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#e97c81 · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#bdbdbd · ΔE 28.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ebb500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebb500]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#ebb500 (#ebb500) is rgb(235, 181, 0) in RGB.

No, #ebb500 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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