#ebeb16

Color #ebeb16

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 10.32 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ebeb16

RGB

rgb(235, 235, 22)

HSL

hsl(60, 84.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 90.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 90.6%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(90.39, -20.05, 86.82)

LCH

lch(90.39, 89.11, 103)

OKLCH

oklch(91%, 0.1955, 109.73)

HWB

hwb(60, 8.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1616eb

Analogous

#eb8116

#ebeb16

#81eb16

Triadic

#ebeb16

#16ebeb

#eb16eb

Split-complementary

#ebeb16

#1681eb

#8116eb

Tetradic

#ebeb16

#16eb16

#1616eb

#eb16eb

Square

#ebeb16

#16eb81

#1616eb

#eb1681

Shades

Color #ebeb16 mixed toward black.

#c5c511

#9e9e0e

#76760a

#4f4f07

#272703

Tints

Color #ebeb16 mixed toward white.

#eeee3d

#f2f264

#f5f58b

#f8f8b1

#fcfcd8

Tones

Color #ebeb16 mixed toward gray.

#d9d928

#c8c83a

#b6b64b

#a4a45d

#92926f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebeb7e · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#ebeb8a · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#eba3a9 · ΔE 49.3

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 29.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ebeb16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebeb16]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ebeb16 (#ebeb16) is rgb(235, 235, 22) in RGB.

No, #ebeb16 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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