#EBEC59#EBEC59

#EBEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.165 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC59
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -18.10, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 71.01, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.0556 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.165 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0616, 78.3761, 21.0974)
Luminance	0.7837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC59 #5A59EC

analogous

#ECA359 #EBEC59 #A1EC59

triadic

#EBEC59 #59EBEC #EC59EB

tetradic

#EBEC59 #59ECA3 #5A59EC #EC59A1

square

#EBEC59 #59ECA3 #5A59EC #EC59A1

split-complementary

#EBEC59 #59A1EC #A359EC

monochromatic

#B5B615 #E4E622 #EBEC59 #F2F290 #F8F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EBEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC59

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC59	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)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.165 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18e',
    500: '#ebec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec59;
$custom-light: #f5f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91575,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC59

secondary

#3534B5

accent

#0ADC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC59

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

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