#EBE97C#EBE97C

#EBE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE97C
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 47.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -13.99, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 54.63, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0403 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.0394, 77.3969, 30.4725)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE97C #7C7EEB

analogous

#EBB17C #EBE97C #B5EB7C

triadic

#EBE97C #7CEBE9 #E97CEB

tetradic

#EBE97C #7CEBB1 #7C7EEB #EB7CB5

square

#EBE97C #7CEBB1 #7C7EEB #EB7CB5

split-complementary

#EBE97C #7CB5EB #B17CEB

monochromatic

#CDCA1F #E3E047 #EBE97C #F3F2B1 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EBE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#EBE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE97C

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE97C	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efa4',
    500: '#ebe97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe97c;
$custom-light: #f3efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 73.51,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91327,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE97C

secondary

#4749C4

accent

#13D610

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE97C

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

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