#EBE8A6#EBE8A6

#EBE8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.085 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE8A6
RGB	rgb(235, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 29.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -8.98, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 33.78, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.023 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.085 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0009, 78.1298, 47.4620)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE8A6 #A6A9EB

analogous

#EBC5A6 #EBE8A6 #CBEBA6

triadic

#EBE8A6 #A6EBE8 #E8A6EB

tetradic

#EBE8A6 #A6EBC5 #A6A9EB #EBA6CB

square

#EBE8A6 #A6EBC5 #A6A9EB #EBA6CB

split-complementary

#EBE8A6 #A6CBEB #C5A6EB

monochromatic

#D5CE42 #E0DB74 #EBE8A6 #F6F5D8 #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBE8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EBE8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE8A6

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE8A6	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.085 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efc1',
    500: '#ebe8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe8a6;
$custom-light: #f2efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91786,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE8A6

secondary

#6E72C7

accent

#22CB1A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE8A6

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

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