#EBE559#EBE559

#EBE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.158 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE559
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -14.67, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 68.33, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0459 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.158 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.0856, 74.4241, 20.4388)
Luminance	0.7442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE559 #595FEB

analogous

#EB9C59 #EBE559 #A8EB59

triadic

#EBE559 #59EBE5 #E559EB

tetradic

#EBE559 #59EB9C #595FEB #EB59A8

square

#EBE559 #59EB9C #595FEB #EB59A8

split-complementary

#EBE559 #59A8EB #9C59EB

monochromatic

#B4AD16 #E4DC22 #EBE559 #F2EE90 #F8F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#EBE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE559

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE559	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)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.158 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed8e',
    500: '#ebe559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe559;
$custom-light: #f5ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90117,
    "c": 0.15845,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE559

secondary

#343AB4

accent

#13DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE559

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

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