#EBE178#EBE178

#EBE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.127 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE178
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 48.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -10.38, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 53.17, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0304 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.127 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5780, 72.8706, 28.4294)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE178 #7882EB

analogous

#EBA878 #EBE178 #BBEB78

triadic

#EBE178 #78EBE1 #E178EB

tetradic

#EBE178 #78EBA8 #7882EB #EB78BB

square

#EBE178 #78EBA8 #7882EB #EB78BB

split-complementary

#EBE178 #78BBEB #A878EB

monochromatic

#CBBC1E #E3D543 #EBE178 #F3EDAD #FBF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#EBE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE178

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE178	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.127 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eaa1',
    500: '#ebe178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe178;
$custom-light: #f3eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89628,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE178

secondary

#444FC4

accent

#20D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE178

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

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