#EBE697#EBE697

#EBE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.100 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE697
RGB	rgb(235, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 35.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -9.76, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 40.34, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.026 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.1 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.1445, 76.4917, 40.4468)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE697 #979CEB

analogous

#EBBC97 #EBE697 #C6EB97

triadic

#EBE697 #97EBE6 #E697EB

tetradic

#EBE697 #97EBBC #979CEB #EB97C6

square

#EBE697 #97EBBC #979CEB #EB97C6

split-complementary

#EBE697 #97C6EB #BC97EB

monochromatic

#D7CD30 #E1DA64 #EBE697 #F5F2CA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#EBE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE697

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE697	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.100 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb6',
    500: '#ebe697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe697;
$custom-light: #f2edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91112,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE697

secondary

#6066C6

accent

#21D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE697

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

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