#EBCE59#EBCE59

#EBCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBCE59
RGB	rgb(235, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -3.13, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 60.42, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0129 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1380, 62.5289, 18.4562)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBCE59 #5976EB

analogous

#EB8559 #EBCE59 #BFEB59

triadic

#EBCE59 #59EBCE #CE59EB

tetradic

#EBCE59 #59EB85 #5976EB #EB59BF

square

#EBCE59 #59EB85 #5976EB #EB59BF

split-complementary

#EBCE59 #59BFEB #8559EB

monochromatic

#B49416 #E4BE22 #EBCE59 #F2DE90 #F8EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EBCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EBCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBCE59

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBCE59	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8c',
    500: '#ebce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebce59;
$custom-light: #f5dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85411,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBCE59

secondary

#344EB4

accent

#34DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBCE59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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