#EBE579#EBE579

#EBE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE579
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -12.28, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 54.34, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0357 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7331, 75.0831, 29.1153)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE579 #797FEB

analogous

#EBAC79 #EBE579 #B8EB79

triadic

#EBE579 #79EBE5 #E579EB

tetradic

#EBE579 #79EBAC #797FEB #EB79B8

square

#EBE579 #79EBAC #797FEB #EB79B8

split-complementary

#EBE579 #79B8EB #AC79EB

monochromatic

#CBC21E #E3DB44 #EBE579 #F3EFAE #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EBE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#EBE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE579

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE579	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eda2',
    500: '#ebe579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe579;
$custom-light: #f3eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90463,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE579

secondary

#444BC4

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE579

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

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