#EBE059#EBE059

#EBE059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE059
RGB	rgb(235, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -12.20, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 66.47, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0389 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7221, 71.6970, 19.9842)
Luminance	0.7169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE059 #5964EB

analogous

#EB9759 #EBE059 #ADEB59

triadic

#EBE059 #59EBE0 #E059EB

tetradic

#EBE059 #59EB97 #5964EB #EB59AD

square

#EBE059 #59EB97 #5964EB #EB59AD

split-complementary

#EBE059 #59ADEB #9759EB

monochromatic

#B4A816 #E4D622 #EBE059 #F2EA90 #F8F4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EBE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#EBE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE059

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE059	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e98e',
    500: '#ebe059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe059;
$custom-light: #f5e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89082,
    "c": 0.15372,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE059

secondary

#343EB4

accent

#1ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE059

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

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