#EBDE99#EBDE99

#EBDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.089 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBDE99
RGB	rgb(235, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -5.51, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 35.92, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0136 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.089 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1329, 72.2064, 40.5843)
Luminance	0.7220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBDE99 #99A6EB

analogous

#EBB599 #EBDE99 #CFEB99

triadic

#EBDE99 #99EBDE #DE99EB

tetradic

#EBDE99 #99EBB5 #99A6EB #EB99CF

square

#EBDE99 #99EBB5 #99A6EB #EB99CF

split-complementary

#EBDE99 #99CFEB #B599EB

monochromatic

#D7BD33 #E1CD66 #EBDE99 #F5EFCC #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EBDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#EBDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBDE99

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBDE99	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.089 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e8b7',
    500: '#ebde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebde99;
$custom-light: #f2e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.488,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89523,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBDE99

secondary

#6272C6

accent

#34CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBDE99

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

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