#EBE49C#EBE49C

#EBE49C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.092 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE49C
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 33.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -8.19, 36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 36.97, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0212 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.092 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.0059, 75.5508, 42.4464)
Luminance	0.7555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE49C #9CA3EB

analogous

#EBBD9C #EBE49C #CBEB9C

triadic

#EBE49C #9CEBE4 #E49CEB

tetradic

#EBE49C #9CEBBD #9CA3EB #EB9CCB

square

#EBE49C #9CEBBD #9CA3EB #EB9CCB

split-complementary

#EBE49C #9CCBEB #BD9CEB

monochromatic

#D6C836 #E1D669 #EBE49C #F5F2CF #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#EBE49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE49C

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE49C	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.092 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecba',
    500: '#ebe49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe49c;
$custom-light: #f2ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90791,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE49C

secondary

#656DC7

accent

#27CE17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE49C

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

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