#EBD97E#EBD97E

#EBD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.114 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD97E
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 46.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -5.81, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 47.20, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0166 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.114 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8414, 68.7965, 29.7034)
Luminance	0.6879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD97E #7E90EB

analogous

#EBA27E #EBD97E #C6EB7E

triadic

#EBD97E #7EEBD9 #D97EEB

tetradic

#EBD97E #7EEBA2 #7E90EB #EB7EC6

square

#EBD97E #7EEBA2 #7E90EB #EB7EC6

split-complementary

#EBD97E #7EC6EB #A27EEB

monochromatic

#CFB220 #E3C949 #EBD97E #F3E9B3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EBD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD97E

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD97E	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.114 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4a5',
    500: '#ebd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd97e;
$custom-light: #f3e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8808,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD97E

secondary

#495DC4

accent

#31D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD97E

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

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