#EBE856#EBE856

#EBE856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.164 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE856
RGB	rgb(235, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -16.33, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 70.65, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0509 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.164 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.7995, 76.0492, 20.0679)
Luminance	0.7605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE856 #5659EB

analogous

#EB9D56 #EBE856 #A3EB56

triadic

#EBE856 #56EBE8 #E856EB

tetradic

#EBE856 #56EB9D #5659EB #EB56A3

square

#EBE856 #56EB9D #5659EB #EB56A3

split-complementary

#EBE856 #56A3EB #9D56EB

monochromatic

#B2AE15 #E5E11F #EBE856 #F1EF8D #F8F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EBE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE856

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE856	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.164 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8c',
    500: '#ebe856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe856;
$custom-light: #f5ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90715,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE856

secondary

#3336B2

accent

#0FDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE856

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

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