#EBE281#EBE281

#EBE281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.119 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE281
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 45.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -10.06, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 49.32, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0286 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.119 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.4212, 73.6417, 31.5327)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE281 #818AEB

analogous

#EBAD81 #EBE281 #BFEB81

triadic

#EBE281 #81EBE2 #E281EB

tetradic

#EBE281 #81EBAD #818AEB #EB81BF

square

#EBE281 #81EBAD #818AEB #EB81BF

split-complementary

#EBE281 #81BFEB #AD81EB

monochromatic

#D1C221 #E3D64C #EBE281 #F3EEB6 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EBE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EBE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE281

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE281	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.119 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eaa7',
    500: '#ebe281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe281;
$custom-light: #f3eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89955,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE281

secondary

#4C56C5

accent

#21D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE281

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

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