#EBE997#EBE997

#EBE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE997
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -11.26, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 41.69, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0303 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9866, 78.1757, 40.7275)
Luminance	0.7817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE997 #9799EB

analogous

#EBBF97 #EBE997 #C3EB97

triadic

#EBE997 #97EBE9 #E997EB

tetradic

#EBE997 #97EBBF #9799EB #EB97C3

square

#EBE997 #97EBBF #9799EB #EB97C3

split-complementary

#EBE997 #97C3EB #BF97EB

monochromatic

#D7D330 #E1DE64 #EBE997 #F5F4CA #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EBE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE997

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE997	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)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efb6',
    500: '#ebe997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe997;
$custom-light: #f2efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91726,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE997

secondary

#6062C6

accent

#1AD016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE997

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

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