#FFEB5B#FFEB5B

#FFEB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.161 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB5B
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.32, -9.36, 69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.32, 70.43, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.06% -0.0317 0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(93.06% 0.161 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.8397, 81.4350, 21.7772)
Luminance	0.8143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB5B #5B6FFF

analogous

#FF995B #FFEB5B #C1FF5B

triadic

#FFEB5B #5BFFEB #EB5BFF

tetradic

#FFEB5B #5BFF99 #5B6FFF #FF5BC1

square

#FFEB5B #5BFF99 #5B6FFF #FF5BC1

split-complementary

#FFEB5B #5BC1FF #995BFF

monochromatic

#E0C400 #FFE41E #FFEB5B #FFF298 #FFFAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#FFEB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB5B

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB5B	1.00	1.21	17.29	17.29
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.161 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff190',
    500: '#ffeb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb5b;
$custom-light: #fff190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93064,
    "c": 0.16108,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB5B

secondary

#263CD8

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB5B

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

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