#EBE196#EBE196

#EBE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.095 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE196
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -7.37, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 38.66, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0192 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.095 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6922, 73.7163, 39.5637)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE196 #96A0EB

analogous

#EBB696 #EBE196 #CAEB96

triadic

#EBE196 #96EBE1 #E196EB

tetradic

#EBE196 #96EBB6 #96A0EB #EB96CA

square

#EBE196 #96EBB6 #96A0EB #EB96CA

split-complementary

#EBE196 #96CAEB #B696EB

monochromatic

#D7C42F #E1D263 #EBE196 #F5F0C9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EBE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE196

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE196	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.095 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eab5',
    500: '#ebe196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe196;
$custom-light: #f2eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90078,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE196

secondary

#5F6BC6

accent

#2BD016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE196

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

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