#EBE156#EBE156

#EBE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.157 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE156
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -12.88, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 68.05, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0411 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.157 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.8682, 72.1867, 19.4241)
Luminance	0.7218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE156 #5660EB

analogous

#EB9656 #EBE156 #AAEB56

triadic

#EBE156 #56EBE1 #E156EB

tetradic

#EBE156 #56EB96 #5660EB #EB56AA

square

#EBE156 #56EB96 #5660EB #EB56AA

split-complementary

#EBE156 #56AAEB #9656EB

monochromatic

#B2A715 #E5D71F #EBE156 #F1EB8D #F8F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EBE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EBE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE156

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE156	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.157 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8c',
    500: '#ebe156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe156;
$custom-light: #f5ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.973,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89262,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE156

secondary

#333CB2

accent

#18DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE156

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

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