#EBE99E#EBE99E

#EBE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.095 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE99E
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 32.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.97, -10.45, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.97, 38.23, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0276 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.095 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.5720, 78.4099, 43.8108)
Luminance	0.7841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE99E #9EA0EB

analogous

#EBC39E #EBE99E #C6EB9E

triadic

#EBE99E #9EEBE9 #E99EEB

tetradic

#EBE99E #9EEBC3 #9EA0EB #EB9EC6

square

#EBE99E #9EEBC3 #9EA0EB #EB9EC6

split-complementary

#EBE99E #9EC6EB #C39EEB

monochromatic

#D6D239 #E1DD6B #EBE99E #F5F5D1 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EBE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#EBE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE99E

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE99E	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.095 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efbb',
    500: '#ebe99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe99e;
$custom-light: #f2efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91845,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE99E

secondary

#6769C7

accent

#1DCE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE99E

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

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