#EBE962#EBE962

#EBE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.155 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE962
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -16.05, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 66.17, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0489 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.155 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.6064, 76.8237, 22.9254)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE962 #6264EB

analogous

#EBA462 #EBE962 #A8EB62

triadic

#EBE962 #62EBE9 #E962EB

tetradic

#EBE962 #62EBA4 #6264EB #EB62A8

square

#EBE962 #62EBA4 #6264EB #EB62A8

split-complementary

#EBE962 #62A8EB #A462EB

monochromatic

#BBB818 #E4E12C #EBE962 #F2F198 #F9F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#EBE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE962

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE962	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)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.155 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef94',
    500: '#ebe962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe962;
$custom-light: #f4ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 77.401,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91032,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE962

secondary

#3739BA

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE962

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

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