#EBE960#EBE960

#EBE960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE960
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -16.19, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 67.00, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0494 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.5132, 76.7864, 22.4343)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE960 #6062EB

analogous

#EBA460 #EBE960 #A7EB60

triadic

#EBE960 #60EBE9 #E960EB

tetradic

#EBE960 #60EBA4 #6062EB #EB60A7

square

#EBE960 #60EBA4 #6062EB #EB60A7

split-complementary

#EBE960 #60A7EB #A460EB

monochromatic

#B9B717 #E4E12A #EBE960 #F2F196 #F9F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EBE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE960

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE960	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef92',
    500: '#ebe960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe960;
$custom-light: #f4ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91013,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE960

secondary

#3738B9

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE960

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

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