#EBD99D#EBD99D

#EBD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.080 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD99D
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 33.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -2.49, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 31.95, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0047 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.08 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.1605, 69.7241, 41.9174)
Luminance	0.6972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD99D #9DAFEB

analogous

#EBB29D #EBD99D #D6EB9D

triadic

#EBD99D #9DEBD9 #D99DEB

tetradic

#EBD99D #9DEBB2 #9DAFEB #EB9DD6

square

#EBD99D #9DEBB2 #9DAFEB #EB9DD6

split-complementary

#EBD99D #9DD6EB #B29DEB

monochromatic

#D6B237 #E1C56A #EBD99D #F5EDD0 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EBD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#EBD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD99D

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD99D	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.080 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4ba',
    500: '#ebd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd99d;
$custom-light: #f2e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88591,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD99D

secondary

#667CC7

accent

#42CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD99D

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

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