#EBEC55#EBEC55

#EBEC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.168 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC55
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -18.33, 70.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 72.57, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.0566 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.168 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.8982, 78.3108, 20.2367)
Luminance	0.7831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC55 #5655EC

analogous

#ECA155 #EBEC55 #A0EC55

triadic

#EBEC55 #55EBEC #EC55EB

tetradic

#EBEC55 #55ECA1 #5655EC #EC55A0

square

#EBEC55 #55ECA1 #5655EC #EC55A0

split-complementary

#EBEC55 #55A0EC #A155EC

monochromatic

#B2B314 #E5E61E #EBEC55 #F1F28C #F8F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#EBEC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC55

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC55	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.168 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18c',
    500: '#ebec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec55;
$custom-light: #f5f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91542,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC55

secondary

#3333B3

accent

#09DC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC55

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

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