#EBE59E#EBE59E

#EBE59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.091 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE59E
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 32.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -8.45, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 36.42, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0218 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.091 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.4525, 76.1709, 43.4376)
Luminance	0.7617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE59E #9EA4EB

analogous

#EBBF9E #EBE59E #CAEB9E

triadic

#EBE59E #9EEBE5 #E59EEB

tetradic

#EBE59E #9EEBBF #9EA4EB #EB9ECA

square

#EBE59E #9EEBBF #9EA4EB #EB9ECA

split-complementary

#EBE59E #9ECAEB #BF9EEB

monochromatic

#D6CA39 #E1D76B #EBE59E #F5F3D1 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#EBE59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE59E

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE59E	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.091 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edbb',
    500: '#ebe59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe59e;
$custom-light: #f2edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9103,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE59E

secondary

#676EC7

accent

#26CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE59E

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

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