#EBE261#EBE261

#EBE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.149 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE261
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -12.67, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 63.87, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0394 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.149 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6171, 72.9201, 22.0308)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE261 #616AEB

analogous

#EB9D61 #EBE261 #AFEB61

triadic

#EBE261 #61EBE2 #E261EB

tetradic

#EBE261 #61EB9D #616AEB #EB61AF

square

#EBE261 #61EB9D #616AEB #EB61AF

split-complementary

#EBE261 #61AFEB #9D61EB

monochromatic

#BAAF18 #E4D82B #EBE261 #F2EC97 #F9F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EBE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EBE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE261

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE261	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.149 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea93',
    500: '#ebe261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe261;
$custom-light: #f4ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89571,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE261

secondary

#373FB9

accent

#19DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE261

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

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