#EBE957#EBE957

#EBE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.164 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE957
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -16.76, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 70.64, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.052 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.164 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.1223, 76.6300, 20.3756)
Luminance	0.7663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE957 #5759EB

analogous

#EB9F57 #EBE957 #A3EB57

triadic

#EBE957 #57EBE9 #E957EB

tetradic

#EBE957 #57EB9F #5759EB #EB57A3

square

#EBE957 #57EB9F #5759EB #EB57A3

split-complementary

#EBE957 #57A3EB #9F57EB

monochromatic

#B2B015 #E4E220 #EBE957 #F2F08E #F8F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EBE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE957

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE957	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.164 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8d',
    500: '#ebe957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe957;
$custom-light: #f5ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 78.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90932,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE957

secondary

#3435B3

accent

#0DDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE957

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

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