#EBEC51#EBEC51

#EBEC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.171 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC51
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -18.56, 71.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 74.08, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0577 0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.171 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.7438, 78.2490, 19.4234)
Luminance	0.7825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC51 #5251EC

analogous

#ECA051 #EBEC51 #9EEC51

triadic

#EBEC51 #51EBEC #EC51EB

tetradic

#EBEC51 #51ECA0 #5251EC #EC519E

square

#EBEC51 #51ECA0 #5251EC #EC519E

split-complementary

#EBEC51 #519EEC #A051EC

monochromatic

#AEAF13 #E5E61A #EBEC51 #F1F288 #F8F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#EBEC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC51

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC51	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.171 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18a',
    500: '#ebec51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec51;
$custom-light: #f5f18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.387,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91511,
    "c": 0.171,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC51

secondary

#3231B0

accent

#09DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC51

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

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