#EBE978#EBE978

#EBE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE978
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -14.35, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 56.48, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0417 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.7916, 77.2978, 29.1672)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE978 #787AEB

analogous

#EBB078 #EBE978 #B3EB78

triadic

#EBE978 #78EBE9 #E978EB

tetradic

#EBE978 #78EBB0 #787AEB #EB78B3

square

#EBE978 #78EBB0 #787AEB #EB78B3

split-complementary

#EBE978 #78B3EB #B078EB

monochromatic

#CBC81E #E3E043 #EBE978 #F3F2AD #FBFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#EBE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE978

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE978	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efa1',
    500: '#ebe978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe978;
$custom-light: #f3efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91276,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE978

secondary

#4446C4

accent

#13D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE978

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

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