#EBD994#EBD994

#EBD994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.090 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD994
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 37%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -3.54, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 36.43, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0082 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.09 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4203, 69.4280, 38.0187)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD994 #94A6EB

analogous

#EBAD94 #EBD994 #D2EB94

triadic

#EBD994 #94EBD9 #D994EB

tetradic

#EBD994 #94EBAD #94A6EB #EB94D2

square

#EBD994 #94EBAD #94A6EB #EB94D2

split-complementary

#EBD994 #94D2EB #AD94EB

monochromatic

#D8B42D #E1C760 #EBD994 #F5EBC8 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EBD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#EBD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD994

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD994	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.090 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4b4',
    500: '#ebd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd994;
$custom-light: #f2e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88429,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD994

secondary

#5D73C6

accent

#3CD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD994

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

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