#EBE495#EBE495

#EBE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.100 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE495
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -8.99, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 40.44, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0239 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.1 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.4301, 75.3205, 39.4142)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE495 #959CEB

analogous

#EBB995 #EBE495 #C7EB95

triadic

#EBE495 #95EBE4 #E495EB

tetradic

#EBE495 #95EBB9 #959CEB #EB95C7

square

#EBE495 #95EBB9 #959CEB #EB95C7

split-complementary

#EBE495 #95C7EB #B995EB

monochromatic

#D8CA2E #E1D762 #EBE495 #F5F1C8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#EBE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#EBE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE495

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE495	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)

#F1DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.100 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb5',
    500: '#ebe495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe495;
$custom-light: #f2ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90671,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE495

secondary

#5E67C6

accent

#25D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE495

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →