#EBE49B#EBE49B

#EBE49B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.093 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE49B
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 34%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -8.30, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 37.47, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0216 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.093 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.9215, 75.5171, 42.0023)
Luminance	0.7552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE49B #9BA2EB

analogous

#EBBC9B #EBE49B #CAEB9B

triadic

#EBE49B #9BEBE4 #E49BEB

tetradic

#EBE49B #9BEBBC #9BA2EB #EB9BCA

square

#EBE49B #9BEBBC #9BA2EB #EB9BCA

split-complementary

#EBE49B #9BCAEB #BC9BEB

monochromatic

#D7C835 #E1D668 #EBE49B #F5F2CE #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#EBE49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE49B

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE49B	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.093 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecb9',
    500: '#ebe49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe49b;
$custom-light: #f2ecb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.75,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90774,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE49B

secondary

#646CC7

accent

#27CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE49B

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

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