#EBD989#EBD989

#EBD989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.102 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD989
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 41.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -4.72, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 41.86, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0125 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.102 97)
XYZ	xyz(63.5906, 69.0961, 33.6492)
Luminance	0.6909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD989 #899BEB

analogous

#EBA889 #EBD989 #CCEB89

triadic

#EBD989 #89EBD9 #D989EB

tetradic

#EBD989 #89EBA8 #899BEB #EB89CC

square

#EBD989 #89EBA8 #899BEB #EB89CC

split-complementary

#EBD989 #89CCEB #A889EB

monochromatic

#D5B524 #E2C855 #EBD989 #F4EABD #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EBD989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#EBD989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD989

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD989	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.102 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4ac',
    500: '#ebd989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd989;
$custom-light: #f3e4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88246,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.69094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD989

secondary

#5368C5

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD989

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

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