#EBE561#EBE561

#EBE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.152 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE561
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -14.15, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 65.02, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0436 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.152 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4400, 74.5659, 22.3051)
Luminance	0.7456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE561 #6167EB

analogous

#EBA061 #EBE561 #ACEB61

triadic

#EBE561 #61EBE5 #E561EB

tetradic

#EBE561 #61EBA0 #6167EB #EB61AC

square

#EBE561 #61EBA0 #6167EB #EB61AC

split-complementary

#EBE561 #61ACEB #A061EB

monochromatic

#BAB318 #E4DC2B #EBE561 #F2EE97 #F9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#EBE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE561

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE561	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)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.152 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed93',
    500: '#ebe561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe561;
$custom-light: #f4ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90192,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE561

secondary

#373DB9

accent

#15DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE561

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

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