#EBE899#EBE899

#EBE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.100 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE899
RGB	rgb(235, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -10.54, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 40.25, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0281 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.1 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.8681, 77.6767, 41.4961)
Luminance	0.7768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE899 #999CEB

analogous

#EBBF99 #EBE899 #C5EB99

triadic

#EBE899 #99EBE8 #E899EB

tetradic

#EBE899 #99EBBF #999CEB #EB99C5

square

#EBE899 #99EBBF #999CEB #EB99C5

split-complementary

#EBE899 #99C5EB #BF99EB

monochromatic

#D7D133 #E1DC66 #EBE899 #F5F4CC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EBE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#EBE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE899

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE899	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.100 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efb8',
    500: '#ebe899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe899;
$custom-light: #f2efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91555,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE899

secondary

#6265C6

accent

#1DCF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE899

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

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