#EBE296#EBE296

#EBE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.097 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE296
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -7.87, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 39.09, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0206 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.097 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9633, 74.2585, 39.6541)
Luminance	0.7426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE296 #969FEB

analogous

#EBB796 #EBE296 #C9EB96

triadic

#EBE296 #96EBE2 #E296EB

tetradic

#EBE296 #96EBB7 #969FEB #EB96C9

square

#EBE296 #96EBB7 #969FEB #EB96C9

split-complementary

#EBE296 #96C9EB #B796EB

monochromatic

#D7C62F #E1D463 #EBE296 #F5F0C9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#EBE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE296

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE296	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.097 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebb5',
    500: '#ebe296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe296;
$custom-light: #f2ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90281,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE296

secondary

#5F6AC6

accent

#29D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE296

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

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