#EBE459#EBE459

#EBE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.157 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE459
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -14.18, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 67.95, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0445 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.157 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.8097, 73.8723, 20.3468)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE459 #5960EB

analogous

#EB9B59 #EBE459 #A9EB59

triadic

#EBE459 #59EBE4 #E459EB

tetradic

#EBE459 #59EB9B #5960EB #EB59A9

square

#EBE459 #59EB9B #5960EB #EB59A9

split-complementary

#EBE459 #59A9EB #9B59EB

monochromatic

#B4AC16 #E4DB22 #EBE459 #F2ED90 #F8F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#EBE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE459

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE459	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)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.157 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec8e',
    500: '#ebe459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe459;
$custom-light: #f5ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.123,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8991,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE459

secondary

#343AB4

accent

#15DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE459

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

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