#EBE659#EBE659

#EBE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.159 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE659
RGB	rgb(235, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -15.17, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 68.70, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0473 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.159 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3631, 74.9791, 20.5313)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE659 #595EEB

analogous

#EB9D59 #EBE659 #A7EB59

triadic

#EBE659 #59EBE6 #E659EB

tetradic

#EBE659 #59EB9D #595EEB #EB59A7

square

#EBE659 #59EB9D #595EEB #EB59A7

split-complementary

#EBE659 #59A7EB #9D59EB

monochromatic

#B4AF16 #E4DE22 #EBE659 #F2EE90 #F8F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EBE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#EBE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE659

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE659	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.159 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed8e',
    500: '#ebe659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe659;
$custom-light: #f5ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90325,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE659

secondary

#3439B4

accent

#12DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE659

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

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