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#EBCD49 — Vivid Yellow

#EBCD49 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #EBCD49 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EBCD49 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4765EB; it also sits naturally between #EB7B47 and #B7EB47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBCD49 · RGB 235, 205, 73

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Color values

HEX#EBCD49
RGB235, 205, 73
HSL49°, 80%, 60%
HSV49°, 69%, 92%
CMYK0%, 13%, 69%, 8%
XYZ57.29, 61.81, 15.21
Yxy61.81, 0.4266, 0.4602
CIE-Lab82.81, -3.53, 66.58
Hunter Lab78.62, -3.34, 40.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 80% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 69% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EBCD49 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBCD49 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBCD49

.text { color: #EBCD49; }
.background { background-color: #EBCD49; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBCD49; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 205, 73); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 80%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBCD49; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 205, 73, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBCD49; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 205, 73, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBCD49">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBCD49">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBCD49

#E8C52C#E1BC19#C5A516#AE9213#937B10#77640D#60510B#453A08#2E2605#120F02

Tints of #EBCD49

#EDD25A#EED568#F0DB7A#F2DE88#F4E39A#F6E8AC#F7ECBA#F9F1CD#FBF5DA#FDFAED

Tones of #EBCD49

#DFC653#D3BE5F#C8B76A#BCAF76#B0A882#A4A08E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4765EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBCD49: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBCD49

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EBCD49: ·

How #EBCD49 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DEDE69Deuteranopia · #E0E271Tritanopia · #EA8288

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBCD49 rather than the exact color:

Wild Ruby Monsoon
#827B10 · #E9C74D · #1B26E1 · #BCBDF2
Dusty Cinder
#8F600C · #EFD448 · #5089F0 · #A1B8F1
Palette Ffef82
#FFEF82 · #EFD345 · #BABD42 · #82954B
Gentle Garden
#1136C9 · #5E86F1 · #EFCC41 · #F2F0A6
Palette 03256c
#03256C · #2541B2 · #1768AC · #E5D549
Smoky Ruby Tempest
#E66A1C · #E2D050 · #9FDD39 · #51EE3A

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E9C74D#EFD448#EFD345#EFCC41#E5D549#E2D050#F6D146#F3CA52#E4D03E#EFC151#F9CB43#E1CB3D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBCD48  ·  #EBCD4A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBCD49?

#EBCD49 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 205, 73). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBCD49?

#EBCD49 is RGB 235, 205, 73 — HSL 49°, 80%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 69%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBCD49?

Its complement is #4765EB; analogous partners are #EB7B47 and #B7EB47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBCD49 for text?

Black text on #EBCD49 has a contrast ratio of 13.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.