#EBE491#EBE491

#EBE491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.104 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE491
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 38.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.48, -9.43, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.48, 42.41, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0254 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.104 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.1162, 75.1949, 37.7611)
Luminance	0.7519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE491 #9198EB

analogous

#EBB791 #EBE491 #C5EB91

triadic

#EBE491 #91EBE4 #E491EB

tetradic

#EBE491 #91EBB7 #9198EB #EB91C5

square

#EBE491 #91EBB7 #9198EB #EB91C5

split-complementary

#EBE491 #91C5EB #B791EB

monochromatic

#D8CB29 #E2D75D #EBE491 #F4F1C5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EBE491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#EBE491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE491

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE491	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.104 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecb2',
    500: '#ebe491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe491;
$custom-light: #f3ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90605,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE491

secondary

#5A63C6

accent

#23D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE491

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

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