#EBE799#EBE799

#EBE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.099 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE799
RGB	rgb(235, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -10.04, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 39.80, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0266 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.099 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.5874, 77.1153, 41.4025)
Luminance	0.7711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE799 #999DEB

analogous

#EBBE99 #EBE799 #C6EB99

triadic

#EBE799 #99EBE7 #E799EB

tetradic

#EBE799 #99EBBE #999DEB #EB99C6

square

#EBE799 #99EBBE #999DEB #EB99C6

split-complementary

#EBE799 #99C6EB #BE99EB

monochromatic

#D7CF33 #E1DB66 #EBE799 #F5F3CC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#EBE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE799

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE799	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)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.099 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeb8',
    500: '#ebe799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe799;
$custom-light: #f2eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9135,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE799

secondary

#6267C6

accent

#1FCF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE799

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

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