#EBE699#EBE699

#EBE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.098 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE699
RGB	rgb(235, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.12, -9.54, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.12, 39.35, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0252 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.098 105)
XYZ	xyz(68.3083, 76.5572, 41.3095)
Luminance	0.7656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE699 #999EEB

analogous

#EBBD99 #EBE699 #C7EB99

triadic

#EBE699 #99EBE6 #E699EB

tetradic

#EBE699 #99EBBD #999EEB #EB99C7

square

#EBE699 #99EBBD #999EEB #EB99C7

split-complementary

#EBE699 #99C7EB #BD99EB

monochromatic

#D7CD33 #E1D966 #EBE699 #F5F3CC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#EBE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#EBE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE699

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE699	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.098 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edb8',
    500: '#ebe699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe699;
$custom-light: #f2edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91146,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.76556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE699

secondary

#6268C6

accent

#22CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE699

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

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