#EBE199#EBE199

#EBE199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.092 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE199
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -7.02, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 37.17, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.018 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.092 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9368, 73.8142, 40.8523)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE199 #99A3EB

analogous

#EBB899 #EBE199 #CCEB99

triadic

#EBE199 #99EBE1 #E199EB

tetradic

#EBE199 #99EBB8 #99A3EB #EB99CC

square

#EBE199 #99EBB8 #99A3EB #EB99CC

split-complementary

#EBE199 #99CCEB #B899EB

monochromatic

#D7C333 #E1D266 #EBE199 #F5F0CC #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EBE199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EBE199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE199

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE199	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.092 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eab7',
    500: '#ebe199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe199;
$custom-light: #f2eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9013,
    "c": 0.09207,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE199

secondary

#626EC6

accent

#2DCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE199

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

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