#EBE55E#EBE55E

#EBE55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.155 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE55E
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -14.36, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 66.28, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0445 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.155 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3028, 74.5110, 21.5823)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE55E #5E64EB

analogous

#EB9F5E #EBE55E #ABEB5E

triadic

#EBE55E #5EEBE5 #E55EEB

tetradic

#EBE55E #5EEB9F #5E64EB #EB5EAB

square

#EBE55E #5EEB9F #5E64EB #EB5EAB

split-complementary

#EBE55E #5EABEB #9F5EEB

monochromatic

#B8B117 #E4DC28 #EBE55E #F2EE94 #F9F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#EBE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE55E

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE55E	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.155 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed91',
    500: '#ebe55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe55e;
$custom-light: #f4ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90163,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE55E

secondary

#363BB7

accent

#14DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE55E

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

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