#EBE16D#EBE16D

#EBE16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.138 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE16D
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 53.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -11.29, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 58.22, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0341 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.138 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9484, 72.6188, 25.1133)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE16D #6D77EB

analogous

#EBA26D #EBE16D #B6EB6D

triadic

#EBE16D #6DEBE1 #E16DEB

tetradic

#EBE16D #6DEBA2 #6D77EB #EB6DB6

square

#EBE16D #6DEBA2 #6D77EB #EB6DB6

split-complementary

#EBE16D #6DB6EB #A26DEB

monochromatic

#C3B61B #E4D637 #EBE16D #F2ECA3 #FAF7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#EBE16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE16D

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE16D	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)

#F2DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.138 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9a',
    500: '#ebe16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe16d;
$custom-light: #f4ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89494,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE16D

secondary

#3B46C1

accent

#1DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE16D

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

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