#EBE490#EBE490

#EBE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.105 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE490
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 38.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -9.54, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 42.91, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0258 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.105 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.0395, 75.1642, 37.3568)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE490 #9097EB

analogous

#EBB790 #EBE490 #C5EB90

triadic

#EBE490 #90EBE4 #E490EB

tetradic

#EBE490 #90EBB7 #9097EB #EB90C5

square

#EBE490 #90EBB7 #9097EB #EB90C5

split-complementary

#EBE490 #90C5EB #B790EB

monochromatic

#D8CB28 #E2D75C #EBE490 #F4F1C4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EBE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#EBE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE490

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE490	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.105 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecb1',
    500: '#ebe490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe490;
$custom-light: #f3ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90589,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE490

secondary

#5962C6

accent

#23D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE490

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

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