#EBE591#EBE591

#EBE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.105 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE591
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 38.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -9.93, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 42.85, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0269 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.105 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.3921, 75.7467, 37.8531)
Luminance	0.7574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE591 #9197EB

analogous

#EBB891 #EBE591 #C4EB91

triadic

#EBE591 #91EBE5 #E591EB

tetradic

#EBE591 #91EBB8 #9197EB #EB91C4

square

#EBE591 #91EBB8 #9197EB #EB91C4

split-complementary

#EBE591 #91C4EB #B891EB

monochromatic

#D8CD29 #E2D95D #EBE591 #F4F1C5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#EBE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE591

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE591	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.105 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb2',
    500: '#ebe591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe591;
$custom-light: #f3edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9081,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE591

secondary

#5A62C6

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE591

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

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