#EBD799#EBD799

#EBD799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.083 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD799
RGB	rgb(235, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -1.94, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 33.20, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0033 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.083 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3122, 68.5650, 39.9774)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD799 #99ADEB

analogous

#EBAE99 #EBD799 #D6EB99

triadic

#EBD799 #99EBD7 #D799EB

tetradic

#EBD799 #99EBAE #99ADEB #EB99D6

square

#EBD799 #99EBAE #99ADEB #EB99D6

split-complementary

#EBD799 #99D6EB #AE99EB

monochromatic

#D7AF33 #E1C366 #EBD799 #F5EBCC #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EBD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EBD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD799

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD799	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.083 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e3b7',
    500: '#ebd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd799;
$custom-light: #f2e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88117,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD799

secondary

#627AC6

accent

#43CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD799

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

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