#EBE259#EBE259

#EBE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.156 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE259
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -13.19, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 67.21, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0417 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.156 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.2627, 72.7783, 20.1645)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE259 #5962EB

analogous

#EB9959 #EBE259 #ABEB59

triadic

#EBE259 #59EBE2 #E259EB

tetradic

#EBE259 #59EB99 #5962EB #EB59AB

square

#EBE259 #59EB99 #5962EB #EB59AB

split-complementary

#EBE259 #59ABEB #9959EB

monochromatic

#B4AA16 #E4D822 #EBE259 #F2EC90 #F8F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#EBE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE259

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE259	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.156 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8e',
    500: '#ebe259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe259;
$custom-light: #f5ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89495,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE259

secondary

#343CB4

accent

#18DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE259

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →