#EBE44E#EBE44E

#EBE44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.165 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE44E
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -14.81, 70.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 72.24, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0474 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.165 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3819, 73.7012, 18.0933)
Luminance	0.7370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE44E #4E55EB

analogous

#EB964E #EBE44E #A4EB4E

triadic

#EBE44E #4EEBE4 #E44EEB

tetradic

#EBE44E #4EEB96 #4E55EB #EB4EA4

square

#EBE44E #4EEB96 #4E55EB #EB4EA4

split-complementary

#EBE44E #4EA4EB #964EEB

monochromatic

#ABA413 #E2D91A #EBE44E #F1EC85 #F7F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EBE44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE44E

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE44E	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.165 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec88',
    500: '#ebe44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe44e;
$custom-light: #f5ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89819,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE44E

secondary

#3136AC

accent

#13DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE44E

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

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