#EBE16C#EBE16C

#EBE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.139 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE16C
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 54%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -11.37, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 58.67, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0345 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.139 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.8949, 72.5974, 24.8314)
Luminance	0.7259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE16C #6C76EB

analogous

#EBA26C #EBE16C #B5EB6C

triadic

#EBE16C #6CEBE1 #E16CEB

tetradic

#EBE16C #6CEBA2 #6C76EB #EB6CB5

square

#EBE16C #6CEBA2 #6C76EB #EB6CB5

split-complementary

#EBE16C #6CB5EB #A26CEB

monochromatic

#C2B51A #E4D636 #EBE16C #F2ECA2 #FAF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EBE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE16C

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE16C	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.139 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea99',
    500: '#ebe16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe16c;
$custom-light: #f4ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 76.048,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89482,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE16C

secondary

#3B45C0

accent

#1DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE16C

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

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