#EBE989#EBE989

#EBE989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.119 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE989
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 41.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -12.75, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 48.49, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0356 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.119 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9164, 77.7477, 35.0912)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE989 #898BEB

analogous

#EBB889 #EBE989 #BCEB89

triadic

#EBE989 #89EBE9 #E989EB

tetradic

#EBE989 #89EBB8 #898BEB #EB89BC

square

#EBE989 #89EBB8 #898BEB #EB89BC

split-complementary

#EBE989 #89BCEB #B889EB

monochromatic

#D5D224 #E2DF55 #EBE989 #F4F3BD #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EBE989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#EBE989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE989

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE989	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.119 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efad',
    500: '#ebe989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe989;
$custom-light: #f3efad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91507,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE989

secondary

#5355C5

accent

#16D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE989

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

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