#EBD99F#EBD99F

#EBD99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.077 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBD99F
RGB	rgb(235, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 32.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -2.25, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 30.95, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0039 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.077 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.3327, 69.7930, 42.8240)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBD99F #9FB1EB

analogous

#EBB39F #EBD99F #D7EB9F

triadic

#EBD99F #9FEBD9 #D99FEB

tetradic

#EBD99F #9FEBB3 #9FB1EB #EB9FD7

square

#EBD99F #9FEBB3 #9FB1EB #EB9FD7

split-complementary

#EBD99F #9FD7EB #B39FEB

monochromatic

#D6B13A #E0C56C #EBD99F #F6EDD2 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EBD99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#EBD99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBD99F

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBD99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBD99F	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebd99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.077 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4bb',
    500: '#ebd99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebd99f;
$custom-light: #f2e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebd99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88629,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBD99F

secondary

#677EC7

accent

#43CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBD99F

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

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