#EBE857#EBE857

#EBE857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.163 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE857
RGB	rgb(235, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -16.27, 68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 70.26, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0506 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.163 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8400, 76.0655, 20.2815)
Luminance	0.7606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE857 #575AEB

analogous

#EB9E57 #EBE857 #A4EB57

triadic

#EBE857 #57EBE8 #E857EB

tetradic

#EBE857 #57EB9E #575AEB #EB57A4

square

#EBE857 #57EB9E #575AEB #EB57A4

split-complementary

#EBE857 #57A4EB #9E57EB

monochromatic

#B2AF15 #E4E120 #EBE857 #F2EF8E #F8F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#EBE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE857

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE857	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)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.163 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8d',
    500: '#ebe857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe857;
$custom-light: #f5ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90724,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE857

secondary

#3436B3

accent

#0FDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE857

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

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