#EBE172#EBE172

#EBE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.133 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE172
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -10.89, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 55.95, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% -0.0325 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.133 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2253, 72.7295, 26.5714)
Luminance	0.7273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE172 #727CEB

analogous

#EBA472 #EBE172 #B8EB72

triadic

#EBE172 #72EBE1 #E172EB

tetradic

#EBE172 #72EBA4 #727CEB #EB72B8

square

#EBE172 #72EBA4 #727CEB #EB72B8

split-complementary

#EBE172 #72B8EB #A472EB

monochromatic

#C6B81C #E3D63C #EBE172 #F3ECA8 #FAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EBE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE172

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE172	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.133 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9d',
    500: '#ebe172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe172;
$custom-light: #f4ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89553,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE172

secondary

#3E49C3

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE172

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

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