#EBE479#EBE479

#EBE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.130 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE479
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -11.79, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 53.92, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0343 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.13 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4572, 74.5313, 29.0234)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE479 #7980EB

analogous

#EBAB79 #EBE479 #B9EB79

triadic

#EBE479 #79EBE4 #E479EB

tetradic

#EBE479 #79EBAB #7980EB #EB79B9

square

#EBE479 #79EBAB #7980EB #EB79B9

split-complementary

#EBE479 #79B9EB #AB79EB

monochromatic

#CBC11E #E3D944 #EBE479 #F3EFAE #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#EBE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE479

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE479	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.130 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eca2',
    500: '#ebe479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe479;
$custom-light: #f3eca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90257,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE479

secondary

#444CC4

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE479

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

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