#EBEC5B#EBEC5B

#EBEC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.164 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC5B
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -17.97, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 70.22, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.055 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.164 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.1468, 78.4102, 21.5458)
Luminance	0.7841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC5B #5C5BEC

analogous

#ECA55B #EBEC5B #A3EC5B

triadic

#EBEC5B #5BEBEC #EC5BEB

tetradic

#EBEC5B #5BECA5 #5C5BEC #EC5BA3

square

#EBEC5B #5BECA5 #5C5BEC #EC5BA3

split-complementary

#EBEC5B #5BA3EC #A55BEC

monochromatic

#B6B715 #E4E624 #EBEC5B #F2F292 #F8F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBEC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EBEC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC5B

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC5B	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)

#FEE349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.164 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f190',
    500: '#ebec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec5b;
$custom-light: #f5f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.414,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91593,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC5B

secondary

#3534B7

accent

#0ADC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC5B

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

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