#EBD697#EBD697

#EBD697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.084 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD697
RGB	rgb(235, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 35.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -1.66, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 33.83, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0026 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.084 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.8946, 67.9917, 39.0301)
Luminance	0.6799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD697 #97ACEB

analogous

#EBAC97 #EBD697 #D6EB97

triadic

#EBD697 #97EBD6 #D697EB

tetradic

#EBD697 #97EBAC #97ACEB #EB97D6

square

#EBD697 #97EBAC #97ACEB #EB97D6

split-complementary

#EBD697 #97D6EB #AC97EB

monochromatic

#D7AE30 #E1C264 #EBD697 #F5EACA #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EBD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#EBD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD697

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD697	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.084 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e2b6',
    500: '#ebd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd697;
$custom-light: #f2e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87881,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD697

secondary

#607AC6

accent

#44D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD697

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

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