#EBE461#EBE461

#EBE461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.151 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE461
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -13.66, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 64.64, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0422 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.151 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.1641, 74.0141, 22.2132)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE461 #6168EB

analogous

#EB9F61 #EBE461 #ADEB61

triadic

#EBE461 #61EBE4 #E461EB

tetradic

#EBE461 #61EB9F #6168EB #EB61AD

square

#EBE461 #61EB9F #6168EB #EB61AD

split-complementary

#EBE461 #61ADEB #9F61EB

monochromatic

#BAB218 #E4DB2B #EBE461 #F2ED97 #F9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EBE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE461

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE461	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.151 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec93',
    500: '#ebe461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe461;
$custom-light: #f4ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89985,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE461

secondary

#373EB9

accent

#16DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE461

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

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