#EBE356#EBE356

#EBE356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.159 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE356
RGB	rgb(235, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -13.87, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 68.78, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0439 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.159 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4120, 73.2744, 19.6054)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE356 #565EEB

analogous

#EB9956 #EBE356 #A8EB56

triadic

#EBE356 #56EBE3 #E356EB

tetradic

#EBE356 #56EB99 #565EEB #EB56A8

square

#EBE356 #56EB99 #565EEB #EB56A8

split-complementary

#EBE356 #56A8EB #9956EB

monochromatic

#B2A915 #E5DA1F #EBE356 #F1EC8D #F8F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EBE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#EBE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE356

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE356	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.159 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb8c',
    500: '#ebe356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe356;
$custom-light: #f5eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89676,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE356

secondary

#333AB2

accent

#16DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE356

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

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