#EBE494#EBE494

#EBE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.101 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE494
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 37%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -9.10, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 40.94, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0243 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.101 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.3506, 75.2887, 38.9955)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE494 #949BEB

analogous

#EBB894 #EBE494 #C7EB94

triadic

#EBE494 #94EBE4 #E494EB

tetradic

#EBE494 #94EBB8 #949BEB #EB94C7

square

#EBE494 #94EBB8 #949BEB #EB94C7

split-complementary

#EBE494 #94C7EB #B894EB

monochromatic

#D8CA2D #E1D760 #EBE494 #F5F1C8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EBE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EBE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE494

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE494	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.101 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb4',
    500: '#ebe494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe494;
$custom-light: #f2ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90654,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE494

secondary

#5D66C6

accent

#24D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE494

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

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