#EBE159#EBE159

#EBE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.155 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE159
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -12.70, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 66.84, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0403 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.155 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.9916, 72.2361, 20.0741)
Luminance	0.7223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE159 #5963EB

analogous

#EB9859 #EBE159 #ACEB59

triadic

#EBE159 #59EBE1 #E159EB

tetradic

#EBE159 #59EB98 #5963EB #EB59AC

square

#EBE159 #59EB98 #5963EB #EB59AC

split-complementary

#EBE159 #59ACEB #9859EB

monochromatic

#B4A916 #E4D722 #EBE159 #F2EB90 #F8F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EBE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#EBE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE159

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE159	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.155 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8e',
    500: '#ebe159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe159;
$custom-light: #f5ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89289,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE159

secondary

#343DB4

accent

#19DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE159

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

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