#EBE457#EBE457

#EBE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.159 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE457
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -14.30, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 68.75, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0451 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.159 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7269, 73.8392, 19.9105)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE457 #575EEB

analogous

#EB9A57 #EBE457 #A8EB57

triadic

#EBE457 #57EBE4 #E457EB

tetradic

#EBE457 #57EB9A #575EEB #EB57A8

square

#EBE457 #57EB9A #575EEB #EB57A8

split-complementary

#EBE457 #57A8EB #9A57EB

monochromatic

#B2AB15 #E4DB20 #EBE457 #F2ED8E #F8F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EBE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE457

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE457	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.159 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec8d',
    500: '#ebe457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe457;
$custom-light: #f5ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.162,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89892,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE457

secondary

#343AB3

accent

#14DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE457

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

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