#EBE5AA#EBE5AA

#EBE5AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.076 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE5AA
RGB	rgb(235, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 27.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -6.96, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 30.39, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.017 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.076 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.5363, 76.6044, 49.1455)
Luminance	0.7660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE5AA #AAB0EB

analogous

#EBC5AA #EBE5AA #D1EBAA

triadic

#EBE5AA #AAEBE5 #E5AAEB

tetradic

#EBE5AA #AAEBC5 #AAB0EB #EBAAD1

square

#EBE5AA #AAEBC5 #AAB0EB #EBAAD1

split-complementary

#EBE5AA #AAD1EB #C5AAEB

monochromatic

#D4C747 #DFD678 #EBE5AA #F7F4DC #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#EBE5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE5AA

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE5AA	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.076 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edc3',
    500: '#ebe5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe5aa;
$custom-light: #f2edc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91255,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE5AA

secondary

#727AC7

accent

#2CCA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE5AA

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

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