#EBE89D#EBE89D

#EBE89D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.095 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE89D
RGB	rgb(235, 232, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -10.07, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 38.27, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0265 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.095 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.2040, 77.8111, 43.2652)
Luminance	0.7781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE89D #9DA0EB

analogous

#EBC19D #EBE89D #C7EB9D

triadic

#EBE89D #9DEBE8 #E89DEB

tetradic

#EBE89D #9DEBC1 #9DA0EB #EB9DC7

square

#EBE89D #9DEBC1 #9DA0EB #EB9DC7

split-complementary

#EBE89D #9DC7EB #C19DEB

monochromatic

#D6D037 #E1DC6A #EBE89D #F5F4D0 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EBE89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EBE89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE89D

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE89D	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 232, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.095 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efba',
    500: '#ebe89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe89d;
$custom-light: #f2efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91624,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE89D

secondary

#6669C7

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE89D

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

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