About this design
Where the EY Style style comes from, and what it signals.
EY Style borrows the publicly visible conventions of EY's deck design: the blue-tinted off-black slate of Pantone 433C (#2E2E38 here), the acid EY Yellow of Pantone 116C (#FFE600), and the skewed beam that sits above the firm's logotype, reduced to a plain parallelogram wedge. On every slide the yellow appears in exactly one role: a beam, a highlighted phrase inside the headline, an underline bar, or the single featured chart series. This theme is an unofficial homage and has no affiliation with or endorsement by EY (Ernst & Young Global Limited).
EY's own corporate typeface is a licensed Interstate-based family, so this theme substitutes Barlow, a Google Font with the same squarish grotesque DNA, in its Light 300 cut for headlines and oversized numerals, with Barlow Condensed 600 uppercase for kickers, table headers and labels. The supporting grays come straight from the same territory: #C4C4CD and #747480 for muted text and comparison chart series, #4A4A57 for hairline gridlines and dividers, and #188CE5 as a digital blue held in reserve for a fourth chart series. Card surfaces sit slightly deeper than the background at #24242E, and every corner stays square.
The format suits work that has to carry Big Four gravity in a dark room: finance transformation cases, audit committee reporting, and benchmark reviews. The two signature exhibits are the one-yellow column chart, where the featured series glows against gray peers, and the KPI band with a hero stat tile inverted to a full yellow fill.
Use it for
- Finance transformation and shared-services business cases
- Audit committee, board risk and controls reporting
- Tax, regulatory and compliance readiness briefings
- Professional-services proposal and pursuit decks
- Benchmark reviews where one series must visibly beat gray peers
Skip it for
- Printed handouts or bright conference rooms, where the dark slate loses its contrast; McKinsey Style is the light consulting alternative
- Consumer, lifestyle or event pitches; the one-yellow discipline reads austere, so a warmer theme like Sorbet fits better
- Startup fundraising decks that want dark drama with looser color rules; Midnight Pitch gives you that freedom
The presentation design prompt
This is the exact text that gets sent to your AI.
Create a presentation in the 'EY Style' theme, an unofficial homage to the dark Big Four consulting deck built around a single acid yellow beam. Background: off-black slate #2E2E38 everywhere, with deeper panels and cards on #24242E, never pure #000000. Typography: 'Barlow' throughout, headlines in Barlow Light 300 at 40 to 56px in #FFFFFF, sentence case, written as full-sentence takeaways of at most two lines, the decisive phrase highlighted as #FFE600 background with #2E2E38 text; kickers and labels in 'Barlow Condensed' 600 uppercase at 12 to 13px with 0.12em letter-spacing in #C4C4CD (both Google Fonts). The signature motif is a #FFE600 parallelogram beam about 120x22px, skewed roughly 20 degrees, placed top-left above the headline or bleeding off a corner; corners stay sharp, text never rotates. Yellow is the only saturated color, one role per slide: beam, keyword highlight, underline bar, or one chart series. Title slide: beam top-left, uppercase kicker, provocative question headline, presenter and date row in #C4C4CD above a 1px #4A4A57 rule. Agenda: oversized Barlow Light numerals in #747480, white item titles, a 48x6px #FFE600 underline bar under the active item. Charts: featured series #FFE600, comparison series #747480 and #C4C4CD, flat fills, hairline #4A4A57 gridlines, 12px #F6F6FA value labels, no legends when direct labels fit; #188CE5 reserved for a fourth series. Tables: header row bottom-bordered 2px #FFE600, Barlow Condensed uppercase headers, 1px #4A4A57 row dividers, right-aligned numerals. KPI bands: square #24242E stat tiles, 4px #FFE600 top borders, Barlow Light numerals, one hero tile inverted to full #FFE600 with #2E2E38 text. Frameworks: three #24242E cards, 1px #4A4A57 borders, small beam-wedge icons, a thin labeled connecting bar beneath. Closers: a question headline with the pivotal word highlighted, numbered next-step rows with yellow numerals, and a square #FFE600 CTA chip; secondary chips are #46421C with #FFE600 text and border. Every content slide ends with a 1px #4A4A57 footer rule, then 10px #747480 text: page number left, deck title right, sources written 'Source: ...'. Strictly avoid: rounded corners, pill buttons or soft drop shadows; gold, amber or orange instead of the pure cold #FFE600; a second saturated color or rainbow multi-hue charts; gradients, glassmorphism or textured backgrounds; pure #000000 backgrounds; yellow body paragraphs or long yellow runs; serif or handwritten fonts; reproducing the EY logo, the beam-over-logotype lockup or the trademarked tagline; vague label titles like 'Q3 Results'; centered decorative layouts; claiming affiliation with EY (Ernst & Young Global Limited). Use this theme for my slides. Ask me what the presentation is about first, then apply the theme to every slide.View this prompt and its data on GitHub
How to use this prompt
From copied text to a finished EY Style deck in four moves.
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Copy the prompt
Use the copy button, or open it pre-filled in Claude or ChatGPT with one click from the panel on this page.
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Tell the AI your topic
The prompt instructs the AI to ask what your presentation is about first. A sentence or a pasted outline is enough.
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Generate and iterate
Ask for more slides or swap a layout. The avoid list at the end of the prompt keeps EY Style on-style while the content changes.
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Or skip straight to a deck
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Common questions
Working with the EY Style presentation design prompt in practice.
