#EBD99E#EBD99E

#EBD99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.078 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD99E
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 32.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -2.37, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 31.45, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0043 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.078 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2462, 69.7584, 42.3689)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD99E #9EB0EB

analogous

#EBB39E #EBD99E #D7EB9E

triadic

#EBD99E #9EEBD9 #D99EEB

tetradic

#EBD99E #9EEBB3 #9EB0EB #EB9ED7

square

#EBD99E #9EEBB3 #9EB0EB #EB9ED7

split-complementary

#EBD99E #9ED7EB #B39EEB

monochromatic

#D6B139 #E1C56B #EBD99E #F5EDD1 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EBD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#EBD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD99E

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD99E	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.078 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4bb',
    500: '#ebd99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd99e;
$custom-light: #f2e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8861,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD99E

secondary

#677DC7

accent

#42CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD99E

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

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