#EBE456#EBE456

#EBE456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.160 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE456
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -14.36, 67.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 69.15, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0453 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.16 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.6863, 73.8230, 19.6968)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE456 #565DEB

analogous

#EB9956 #EBE456 #A8EB56

triadic

#EBE456 #56EBE4 #E456EB

tetradic

#EBE456 #56EB99 #565DEB #EB56A8

square

#EBE456 #56EB99 #565DEB #EB56A8

split-complementary

#EBE456 #56A8EB #9956EB

monochromatic

#B2AA15 #E5DB1F #EBE456 #F1ED8D #F8F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EBE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE456

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE456	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.160 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec8c',
    500: '#ebe456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe456;
$custom-light: #f5ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89884,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE456

secondary

#3339B2

accent

#14DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE456

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

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