#EBE696#EBE696

#EBE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.101 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE696
RGB	rgb(235, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -9.88, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 40.83, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0264 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.101 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.0637, 76.4593, 40.0209)
Luminance	0.7646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE696 #969BEB

analogous

#EBBC96 #EBE696 #C5EB96

triadic

#EBE696 #96EBE6 #E696EB

tetradic

#EBE696 #96EBBC #969BEB #EB96C5

square

#EBE696 #96EBBC #969BEB #EB96C5

split-complementary

#EBE696 #96C5EB #BC96EB

monochromatic

#D7CE2F #E1DA63 #EBE696 #F5F2C9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#EBE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE696

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE696	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.101 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb6',
    500: '#ebe696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe696;
$custom-light: #f2edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91096,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE696

secondary

#5F65C6

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE696

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

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