#EBE252#EBE252

#EBE252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.161 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE252
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 65.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -13.61, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 69.99, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0436 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.161 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9826, 72.6663, 18.6894)
Luminance	0.7266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE252 #525BEB

analogous

#EB9652 #EBE252 #A7EB52

triadic

#EBE252 #52EBE2 #E252EB

tetradic

#EBE252 #52EB96 #525BEB #EB52A7

square

#EBE252 #52EB96 #525BEB #EB52A7

split-complementary

#EBE252 #52A7EB #9652EB

monochromatic

#AEA514 #E5D91B #EBE252 #F1EB89 #F8F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#EBE252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE252

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE252	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.161 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8a',
    500: '#ebe252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe252;
$custom-light: #f5ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 79.275,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89436,
    "c": 0.16072,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE252

secondary

#3239AF

accent

#16DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE252

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

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