#EBEE57#EBEE57

#EBEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.169 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEE57
RGB	rgb(235, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -19.18, 69.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 72.57, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0588 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.169 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.5578, 79.5011, 20.8541)
Luminance	0.7950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEE57 #5A57EE

analogous

#EEA557 #EBEE57 #9FEE57

triadic

#EBEE57 #57EBEE #EE57EB

tetradic

#EBEE57 #57EEA5 #5A57EE #EE579F

square

#EBEE57 #57EEA5 #5A57EE #EE579F

split-complementary

#EBEE57 #579FEE #A557EE

monochromatic

#B5B813 #E4E81F #EBEE57 #F2F48F #F8F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EBEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EBEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEE57

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEE57	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.169 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f38d',
    500: '#ebee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebee57;
$custom-light: #f5f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91977,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEE57

secondary

#3532B7

accent

#08DE0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEE57

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

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