#EBE798#EBE798

#EBE798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.100 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE798
RGB	rgb(235, 231, 152)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -10.15, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 40.29, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.027 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.1 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.5052, 77.0824, 40.9693)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE798 #989CEB

analogous

#EBBD98 #EBE798 #C5EB98

triadic

#EBE798 #98EBE7 #E798EB

tetradic

#EBE798 #98EBBD #989CEB #EB98C5

square

#EBE798 #98EBBD #989CEB #EB98C5

split-complementary

#EBE798 #98C5EB #BD98EB

monochromatic

#D7CF32 #E1DB65 #EBE798 #F5F3CB #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EBE798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE798

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE798	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 231, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.100 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeb7',
    500: '#ebe798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe798;
$custom-light: #f2eeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 67.48,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91333,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE798

secondary

#6166C6

accent

#1FCF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE798

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

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