#EBE596#EBE596

#EBE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.100 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE596
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -9.38, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 40.39, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0249 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.1 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.7862, 75.9043, 39.9284)
Luminance	0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE596 #969CEB

analogous

#EBBA96 #EBE596 #C6EB96

triadic

#EBE596 #96EBE5 #E596EB

tetradic

#EBE596 #96EBBA #969CEB #EB96C6

square

#EBE596 #96EBBA #969CEB #EB96C6

split-complementary

#EBE596 #96C6EB #BA96EB

monochromatic

#D7CC2F #E1D863 #EBE596 #F5F2C9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#EBE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE596

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE596	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.100 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb6',
    500: '#ebe596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe596;
$custom-light: #f2edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90892,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE596

secondary

#5F66C6

accent

#23D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE596

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

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