#EBE79D#EBE79D

#EBE79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.094 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE79D
RGB	rgb(235, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -9.57, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 37.81, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0251 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.094 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.9233, 77.2497, 43.1717)
Luminance	0.7725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE79D #9DA1EB

analogous

#EBC09D #EBE79D #C8EB9D

triadic

#EBE79D #9DEBE7 #E79DEB

tetradic

#EBE79D #9DEBC0 #9DA1EB #EB9DC8

square

#EBE79D #9DEBC0 #9DA1EB #EB9DC8

split-complementary

#EBE79D #9DC8EB #C09DEB

monochromatic

#D6CE37 #E1DB6A #EBE79D #F5F3D0 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EBE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#EBE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE79D

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE79D	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.094 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeba',
    500: '#ebe79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe79d;
$custom-light: #f2eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9142,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE79D

secondary

#666BC7

accent

#21CE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE79D

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

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