#EBE161#EBE161

#EBE161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE161
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -12.18, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 63.49, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0379 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.3460, 72.3778, 21.9405)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE161 #616BEB

analogous

#EB9C61 #EBE161 #B0EB61

triadic

#EBE161 #61EBE1 #E161EB

tetradic

#EBE161 #61EB9C #616BEB #EB61B0

square

#EBE161 #61EB9C #616BEB #EB61B0

split-complementary

#EBE161 #61B0EB #9C61EB

monochromatic

#BAAE18 #E4D72B #EBE161 #F2EB97 #F9F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EBE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#EBE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE161

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE161	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea92',
    500: '#ebe161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe161;
$custom-light: #f4ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89365,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE161

secondary

#3740B9

accent

#1BDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE161

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

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