#EBE49F#EBE49F

#EBE49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.088 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE49F
RGB	rgb(235, 228, 159)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 32.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -7.83, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 35.47, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.02 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.088 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.2630, 75.6537, 43.8008)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE49F #9FA6EB

analogous

#EBBE9F #EBE49F #CCEB9F

triadic

#EBE49F #9FEBE4 #E49FEB

tetradic

#EBE49F #9FEBBE #9FA6EB #EB9FCC

square

#EBE49F #9FEBBE #9FA6EB #EB9FCC

split-complementary

#EBE49F #9FCCEB #BE9FEB

monochromatic

#D6C83A #E0D66C #EBE49F #F6F2D2 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#EBE49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE49F

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE49F	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 228, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.088 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecbc',
    500: '#ebe49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe49f;
$custom-light: #f2ecbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90845,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE49F

secondary

#6770C7

accent

#29CD18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE49F

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

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