#EBE99D#EBE99D

#EBE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.096 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE99D
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 33.2%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -10.57, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 38.73, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0279 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.096 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.4863, 78.3756, 43.3593)
Luminance	0.7837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE99D #9D9FEB

analogous

#EBC29D #EBE99D #C6EB9D

triadic

#EBE99D #9DEBE9 #E99DEB

tetradic

#EBE99D #9DEBC2 #9D9FEB #EB9DC6

square

#EBE99D #9DEBC2 #9D9FEB #EB9DC6

split-complementary

#EBE99D #9DC6EB #C29DEB

monochromatic

#D6D237 #E1DE6A #EBE99D #F5F4D0 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#EBE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE99D

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE99D	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.096 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efba',
    500: '#ebe99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe99d;
$custom-light: #f2efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91828,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE99D

secondary

#6668C7

accent

#1CCE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE99D

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

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