#EBE299#EBE299

#EBE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.093 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE299
RGB	rgb(235, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -7.53, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 37.60, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0194 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.093 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.2080, 74.3564, 40.9427)
Luminance	0.7436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE299 #99A2EB

analogous

#EBB999 #EBE299 #CBEB99

triadic

#EBE299 #99EBE2 #E299EB

tetradic

#EBE299 #99EBB9 #99A2EB #EB99CB

square

#EBE299 #99EBB9 #99A2EB #EB99CB

split-complementary

#EBE299 #99CBEB #B999EB

monochromatic

#D7C533 #E1D366 #EBE299 #F5F1CC #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EBE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#EBE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE299

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE299	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.093 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebb7',
    500: '#ebe299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe299;
$custom-light: #f2ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.415,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90333,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE299

secondary

#626DC6

accent

#2BCF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE299

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

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