#EBE49E#EBE49E

#EBE49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.089 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE49E
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 32.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.68, -7.95, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.68, 35.97, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0204 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.089 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.1766, 75.6191, 43.3457)
Luminance	0.7562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE49E #9EA5EB

analogous

#EBBD9E #EBE49E #CCEB9E

triadic

#EBE49E #9EEBE4 #E49EEB

tetradic

#EBE49E #9EEBBD #9EA5EB #EB9ECC

square

#EBE49E #9EEBBD #9EA5EB #EB9ECC

split-complementary

#EBE49E #9ECCEB #BD9EEB

monochromatic

#D6C839 #E1D66B #EBE49E #F5F2D1 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#EBE49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE49E

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE49E	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)

#F0DF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.089 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecbb',
    500: '#ebe49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe49e;
$custom-light: #f2ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90827,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE49E

secondary

#676FC7

accent

#28CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE49E

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

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