#EBD996#EBD996

#EBD996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.088 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD996
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -3.31, 35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 35.44, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0075 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.088 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.5799, 69.4919, 38.8597)
Luminance	0.6949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD996 #96A8EB

analogous

#EBAE96 #EBD996 #D2EB96

triadic

#EBD996 #96EBD9 #D996EB

tetradic

#EBD996 #96EBAE #96A8EB #EB96D2

square

#EBD996 #96EBAE #96A8EB #EB96D2

split-complementary

#EBD996 #96D2EB #AE96EB

monochromatic

#D7B42F #E1C663 #EBD996 #F5ECC9 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EBD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EBD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD996

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD996	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.088 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4b5',
    500: '#ebd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd996;
$custom-light: #f2e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.294,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88464,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD996

secondary

#5F75C6

accent

#3DD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD996

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

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