#EBE462#EBE462

#EBE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE462
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -13.59, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 64.21, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0419 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.2110, 74.0329, 22.4603)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE462 #6269EB

analogous

#EB9F62 #EBE462 #AEEB62

triadic

#EBE462 #62EBE4 #E462EB

tetradic

#EBE462 #62EB9F #6269EB #EB62AE

square

#EBE462 #62EB9F #6269EB #EB62AE

split-complementary

#EBE462 #62AEEB #9F62EB

monochromatic

#BBB218 #E4DB2C #EBE462 #F2ED98 #F9F7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#EBE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE462

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE462	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec93',
    500: '#ebe462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe462;
$custom-light: #f4ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89995,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE462

secondary

#373EBA

accent

#16DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE462

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

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