#EBE557#EBE557

#EBE557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE557
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -14.80, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 69.13, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0465 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.16 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0028, 74.3910, 20.0025)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE557 #575DEB

analogous

#EB9B57 #EBE557 #A7EB57

triadic

#EBE557 #57EBE5 #E557EB

tetradic

#EBE557 #57EB9B #575DEB #EB57A7

square

#EBE557 #57EB9B #575DEB #EB57A7

split-complementary

#EBE557 #57A7EB #9B57EB

monochromatic

#B2AC15 #E4DD20 #EBE557 #F2ED8E #F8F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EBE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE557

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE557	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.160 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed8d',
    500: '#ebe557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe557;
$custom-light: #f5ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.901,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE557

secondary

#3439B3

accent

#13DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE557

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

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