#EBEC57#EBEC57

#EBEC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.167 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC57
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -18.22, 69.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 71.79, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0561 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.167 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9788, 78.3430, 20.6611)
Luminance	0.7834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC57 #5857EC

analogous

#ECA257 #EBEC57 #A0EC57

triadic

#EBEC57 #57EBEC #EC57EB

tetradic

#EBEC57 #57ECA2 #5857EC #EC57A0

square

#EBEC57 #57ECA2 #5857EC #EC57A0

split-complementary

#EBEC57 #57A0EC #A257EC

monochromatic

#B3B414 #E4E620 #EBEC57 #F2F28E #F8F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EBEC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC57

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC57	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.167 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18d',
    500: '#ebec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec57;
$custom-light: #f5f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.403,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91559,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC57

secondary

#3433B4

accent

#0ADC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC57

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

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