#EBE779#EBE779

#EBE779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE779
RGB	rgb(235, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -13.27, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 55.17, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0386 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.133 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.2896, 76.1962, 29.3008)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE779 #797DEB

analogous

#EBAE79 #EBE779 #B6EB79

triadic

#EBE779 #79EBE7 #E779EB

tetradic

#EBE779 #79EBAE #797DEB #EB79B6

square

#EBE779 #79EBAE #797DEB #EB79B6

split-complementary

#EBE779 #79B6EB #AE79EB

monochromatic

#CBC51E #E3DD44 #EBE779 #F3F1AE #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#EBE779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE779

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE779	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.133 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eea2',
    500: '#ebe779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe779;
$custom-light: #f3eea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90875,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE779

secondary

#4449C4

accent

#16D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE779

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

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