#EBE9BE#EBE9BE

#EBE9BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.056 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE9BE
RGB	rgb(235, 233, 190)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 19.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -6.25, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 22.10, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(92.48% -0.0148 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(92.48% 0.056 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.6936, 79.6586, 60.2514)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE9BE #BEC0EB

analogous

#EBD2BE #EBE9BE #D6EBBE

triadic

#EBE9BE #BEEBE9 #E9BEEB

tetradic

#EBE9BE #BEEBD2 #BEC0EB #EBBED6

square

#EBE9BE #BEEBD2 #BEC0EB #EBBED6

split-complementary

#EBE9BE #BED6EB #D2BEEB

monochromatic

#CEC960 #DDD98F #EBE9BE #F8F7E8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EBE9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#EBE9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE9BE

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE9BE	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 233, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.056 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f0d1',
    500: '#ebe9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe9be;
$custom-light: #f1f0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92478,
    "c": 0.05623,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE9BE

secondary

#8689C7

accent

#2CC025

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE9BE

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

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