#EBE257#EBE257

#EBE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.157 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE257
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -13.32, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 68.02, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0423 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.157 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1799, 72.7452, 19.7282)
Luminance	0.7274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE257 #5760EB

analogous

#EB9857 #EBE257 #AAEB57

triadic

#EBE257 #57EBE2 #E257EB

tetradic

#EBE257 #57EB98 #5760EB #EB57AA

square

#EBE257 #57EB98 #5760EB #EB57AA

split-complementary

#EBE257 #57AAEB #9857EB

monochromatic

#B2A915 #E4D920 #EBE257 #F2EB8E #F8F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EBE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE257

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE257	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)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.157 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8d',
    500: '#ebe257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe257;
$custom-light: #f5ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89478,
    "c": 0.15709,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE257

secondary

#343BB3

accent

#17DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE257

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

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