#EBE279#EBE279

#EBE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.127 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE279
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -10.79, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 53.10, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0315 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.127 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9102, 73.4373, 28.8410)
Luminance	0.7343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE279 #7982EB

analogous

#EBA979 #EBE279 #BBEB79

triadic

#EBE279 #79EBE2 #E279EB

tetradic

#EBE279 #79EBA9 #7982EB #EB79BB

square

#EBE279 #79EBA9 #7982EB #EB79BB

split-complementary

#EBE279 #79BBEB #A979EB

monochromatic

#CBBE1E #E3D644 #EBE279 #F3EEAE #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EBE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#EBE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE279

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE279	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.127 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eaa2',
    500: '#ebe279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe279;
$custom-light: #f3eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89846,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE279

secondary

#444EC4

accent

#1FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE279

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

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