#EBE49D#EBE49D

#EBE49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.091 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE49D
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 33.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.67, -8.07, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.67, 36.47, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0208 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.091 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.0909, 75.5848, 42.8942)
Luminance	0.7558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE49D #9DA4EB

analogous

#EBBD9D #EBE49D #CBEB9D

triadic

#EBE49D #9DEBE4 #E49DEB

tetradic

#EBE49D #9DEBBD #9DA4EB #EB9DCB

square

#EBE49D #9DEBBD #9DA4EB #EB9DCB

split-complementary

#EBE49D #9DCBEB #BD9DEB

monochromatic

#D6C837 #E1D66A #EBE49D #F5F2D0 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EBE49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE49D

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE49D	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.091 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecba',
    500: '#ebe49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe49d;
$custom-light: #f2ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90809,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE49D

secondary

#666EC7

accent

#28CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE49D

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

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