#EBE171#EBE171

#EBE171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.134 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE171
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -10.97, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 56.41, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0328 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.134 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1687, 72.7069, 26.2733)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE171 #717BEB

analogous

#EBA471 #EBE171 #B8EB71

triadic

#EBE171 #71EBE1 #E171EB

tetradic

#EBE171 #71EBA4 #717BEB #EB71B8

square

#EBE171 #71EBA4 #717BEB #EB71B8

split-complementary

#EBE171 #71B8EB #A471EB

monochromatic

#C6B81C #E3D63B #EBE171 #F3ECA7 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#EBE171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE171

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE171	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.134 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9d',
    500: '#ebe171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe171;
$custom-light: #f4ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89541,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE171

secondary

#3D48C3

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE171

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

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