#EBE959#EBE959

#EBE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.162 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE959
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -16.63, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 69.85, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0514 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.162 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2051, 76.6632, 20.8119)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE959 #595BEB

analogous

#EBA059 #EBE959 #A4EB59

triadic

#EBE959 #59EBE9 #E959EB

tetradic

#EBE959 #59EBA0 #595BEB #EB59A4

square

#EBE959 #59EBA0 #595BEB #EB59A4

split-complementary

#EBE959 #59A4EB #A059EB

monochromatic

#B4B216 #E4E222 #EBE959 #F2F090 #F8F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#EBE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE959

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE959	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)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.162 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8e',
    500: '#ebe959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe959;
$custom-light: #f5ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90949,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE959

secondary

#3436B4

accent

#0EDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE959

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

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