#EBD997#EBD997

#EBD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.087 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD997
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 35.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -3.20, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 34.94, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0071 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.087 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6608, 69.5242, 39.2856)
Luminance	0.6952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD997 #97A9EB

analogous

#EBAF97 #EBD997 #D3EB97

triadic

#EBD997 #97EBD9 #D997EB

tetradic

#EBD997 #97EBAF #97A9EB #EB97D3

square

#EBD997 #97EBAF #97A9EB #EB97D3

split-complementary

#EBD997 #97D3EB #AF97EB

monochromatic

#D7B330 #E1C664 #EBD997 #F5ECCA #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EBD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EBD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD997

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD997	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)

#E6D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.087 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4b6',
    500: '#ebd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd997;
$custom-light: #f2e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88482,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD997

secondary

#6076C6

accent

#3ED016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD997

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

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