#EBE160#EBE160

#EBE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE160
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -12.24, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 63.92, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0382 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.2996, 72.3593, 21.6964)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE160 #606AEB

analogous

#EB9B60 #EBE160 #B0EB60

triadic

#EBE160 #60EBE1 #E160EB

tetradic

#EBE160 #60EB9B #606AEB #EB60B0

square

#EBE160 #60EB9B #606AEB #EB60B0

split-complementary

#EBE160 #60B0EB #9B60EB

monochromatic

#B9AE17 #E4D72A #EBE160 #F2EB96 #F9F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EBE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#EBE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE160

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE160	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea92',
    500: '#ebe160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe160;
$custom-light: #f4ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89355,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE160

secondary

#3740B9

accent

#1ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE160

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

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