#EBE861#EBE861

#EBE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.155 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE861
RGB	rgb(235, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -15.63, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 66.19, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0478 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.155 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2772, 76.2404, 22.5842)
Luminance	0.7624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE861 #6164EB

analogous

#EBA361 #EBE861 #A9EB61

triadic

#EBE861 #61EBE8 #E861EB

tetradic

#EBE861 #61EBA3 #6164EB #EB61A9

square

#EBE861 #61EBA3 #6164EB #EB61A9

split-complementary

#EBE861 #61A9EB #A361EB

monochromatic

#BAB718 #E4E02B #EBE861 #F2F097 #F9F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#EBE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE861

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE861	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.155 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef93',
    500: '#ebe861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe861;
$custom-light: #f4ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90814,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE861

secondary

#373AB9

accent

#10DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE861

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

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