#EBE599#EBE599

#EBE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE599
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -9.04, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 38.90, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0238 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.0309, 76.0022, 41.2170)
Luminance	0.7600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE599 #999FEB

analogous

#EBBC99 #EBE599 #C8EB99

triadic

#EBE599 #99EBE5 #E599EB

tetradic

#EBE599 #99EBBC #999FEB #EB99C8

square

#EBE599 #99EBBC #999FEB #EB99C8

split-complementary

#EBE599 #99C8EB #BC99EB

monochromatic

#D7CB33 #E1D866 #EBE599 #F5F2CC #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EBE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#EBE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE599

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE599	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb8',
    500: '#ebe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe599;
$custom-light: #f2edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90943,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE599

secondary

#6269C6

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE599

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

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