#EBE97E#EBE97E

#EBE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.130 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE97E
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 46.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -13.81, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 53.70, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0396 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.13 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.1672, 77.4480, 31.1454)
Luminance	0.7745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE97E #7E80EB

analogous

#EBB27E #EBE97E #B6EB7E

triadic

#EBE97E #7EEBE9 #E97EEB

tetradic

#EBE97E #7EEBB2 #7E80EB #EB7EB6

square

#EBE97E #7EEBB2 #7E80EB #EB7EB6

split-complementary

#EBE97E #7EB6EB #B27EEB

monochromatic

#CFCB20 #E3E049 #EBE97E #F3F2B3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EBE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EBE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE97E

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE97E	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.130 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efa5',
    500: '#ebe97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe97e;
$custom-light: #f3efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91353,
    "c": 0.12989,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE97E

secondary

#494BC4

accent

#14D510

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE97E

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

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