#EBEC8B#EBEC8B

#EBEC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.120 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC8B
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -14.03, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 48.87, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0391 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.12 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9177, 79.5186, 36.1392)
Luminance	0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC8B #8C8BEC

analogous

#ECBC8B #EBEC8B #BAEC8B

triadic

#EBEC8B #8BEBEC #EC8BEB

tetradic

#EBEC8B #8BECBC #8C8BEC #EC8BBA

square

#EBEC8B #8BECBC #8C8BEC #EC8BBA

split-complementary

#EBEC8B #8BBAEC #BC8BEC

monochromatic

#D7D924 #E2E356 #EBEC8B #F4F5C0 #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EBEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#EBEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC8B

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC8B	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.120 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2ae',
    500: '#ebec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec8b;
$custom-light: #f3f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.619,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92155,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC8B

secondary

#5655C7

accent

#12D414

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC8B

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

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