#EBE174#EBE174

#EBE174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.131 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE174
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 50.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -10.72, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 55.03, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0318 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.131 104)
XYZ	xyz(64.3403, 72.7756, 27.1775)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE174 #747EEB

analogous

#EBA674 #EBE174 #BAEB74

triadic

#EBE174 #74EBE1 #E174EB

tetradic

#EBE174 #74EBA6 #747EEB #EB74BA

square

#EBE174 #74EBA6 #747EEB #EB74BA

split-complementary

#EBE174 #74BAEB #A674EB

monochromatic

#C8B91D #E3D53E #EBE174 #F3EDAA #FAF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EBE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE174

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE174	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)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.131 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9f',
    500: '#ebe174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe174;
$custom-light: #f4ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89577,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.72774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE174

secondary

#404BC3

accent

#1FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE174

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

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