#EBE169#EBE169

#EBE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.141 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE169
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 55.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -11.60, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 60.01, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.0354 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.141 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7380, 72.5346, 24.0050)
Luminance	0.7253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE169 #6973EB

analogous

#EBA069 #EBE169 #B4EB69

triadic

#EBE169 #69EBE1 #E169EB

tetradic

#EBE169 #69EBA0 #6973EB #EB69B4

square

#EBE169 #69EBA0 #6973EB #EB69B4

split-complementary

#EBE169 #69B4EB #A069EB

monochromatic

#C0B31A #E4D633 #EBE169 #F2EC9F #F9F7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#EBE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE169

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE169	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.141 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea97',
    500: '#ebe169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe169;
$custom-light: #f4ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89449,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE169

secondary

#3A44BF

accent

#1DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE169

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

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