#EBE956#EBE956

#EBE956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.165 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE956
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -16.81, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 71.03, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0523 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.165 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0817, 76.6138, 20.1620)
Luminance	0.7661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE956 #5658EB

analogous

#EB9F56 #EBE956 #A2EB56

triadic

#EBE956 #56EBE9 #E956EB

tetradic

#EBE956 #56EB9F #5658EB #EB56A2

square

#EBE956 #56EB9F #5658EB #EB56A2

split-complementary

#EBE956 #56A2EB #9F56EB

monochromatic

#B2AF15 #E5E21F #EBE956 #F1F08D #F8F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#EBE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE956

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE956	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.165 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8c',
    500: '#ebe956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe956;
$custom-light: #f5ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.195,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90924,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE956

secondary

#3335B2

accent

#0DDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE956

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

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