#EBD696#EBD696

#EBD696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.085 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD696
RGB	rgb(235, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -1.78, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 34.33, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.003 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.085 92)
XYZ	xyz(63.8137, 67.9594, 38.6043)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD696 #96ABEB

analogous

#EBAB96 #EBD696 #D6EB96

triadic

#EBD696 #96EBD6 #D696EB

tetradic

#EBD696 #96EBAB #96ABEB #EB96D6

square

#EBD696 #96EBAB #96ABEB #EB96D6

split-complementary

#EBD696 #96D6EB #AB96EB

monochromatic

#D7AE2F #E1C263 #EBD696 #F5EAC9 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#EBD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD696

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD696	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.085 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e2b5',
    500: '#ebd696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd696;
$custom-light: #f2e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87863,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.67957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD696

secondary

#5F78C6

accent

#44D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD696

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

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