#EBEC5A#EBEC5A

#EBEC5A 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 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC5A
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -18.03, 68.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 70.62, 104.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0553 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.165 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.1039, 78.3930, 21.3201)
Luminance	0.7839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC5A #5B5AEC

analogous

#ECA45A #EBEC5A #A2EC5A

triadic

#EBEC5A #5AEBEC #EC5AEB

tetradic

#EBEC5A #5AECA4 #5B5AEC #EC5AA2

square

#EBEC5A #5AECA4 #5B5AEC #EC5AA2

split-complementary

#EBEC5A #5AA2EC #A45AEC

monochromatic

#B5B715 #E4E623 #EBEC5A #F2F291 #F8F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EBEC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC5A

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC5A	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.165 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18f',
    500: '#ebec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec5a;
$custom-light: #f5f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91584,
    "c": 0.16463,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC5A

secondary

#3534B6

accent

#0ADC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC5A

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

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