#EBE796#EBE796

#EBE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.102 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE796
RGB	rgb(235, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 36.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -10.38, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 41.28, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0278 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.102 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.3428, 77.0175, 40.1139)
Luminance	0.7702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE796 #969AEB

analogous

#EBBC96 #EBE796 #C5EB96

triadic

#EBE796 #96EBE7 #E796EB

tetradic

#EBE796 #96EBBC #969AEB #EB96C5

square

#EBE796 #96EBBC #969AEB #EB96C5

split-complementary

#EBE796 #96C5EB #BC96EB

monochromatic

#D7CF2F #E1DB63 #EBE796 #F5F3C9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#EBE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE796

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE796	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.102 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeb6',
    500: '#ebe796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe796;
$custom-light: #f2eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.913,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE796

secondary

#5F64C6

accent

#1ED016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE796

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

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