#EBE173#EBE173

#EBE173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.132 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE173
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 51.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -10.81, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 55.49, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0321 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.132 104)
XYZ	xyz(64.2825, 72.7524, 26.8728)
Luminance	0.7275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE173 #737DEB

analogous

#EBA573 #EBE173 #B9EB73

triadic

#EBE173 #73EBE1 #E173EB

tetradic

#EBE173 #73EBA5 #737DEB #EB73B9

square

#EBE173 #73EBA5 #737DEB #EB73B9

split-complementary

#EBE173 #73B9EB #A573EB

monochromatic

#C7B91C #E3D63D #EBE173 #F3ECA9 #FAF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EBE173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE173

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE173	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)

#F2DA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.132 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9e',
    500: '#ebe173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe173;
$custom-light: #f4ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89565,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.7275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE173

secondary

#3F4AC3

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE173

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

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