#EBEC8E#EBEC8E

#EBEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.117 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC8E
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -13.72, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 47.43, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.038 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.117 109)
XYZ	xyz(69.1399, 79.6074, 37.3095)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC8E #8F8EEC

analogous

#ECBE8E #EBEC8E #BCEC8E

triadic

#EBEC8E #8EEBEC #EC8EEB

tetradic

#EBEC8E #8EECBE #8F8EEC #EC8EBC

square

#EBEC8E #8EECBE #8F8EEC #EC8EBC

split-complementary

#EBEC8E #8EBCEC #BE8EEC

monochromatic

#D8DA25 #E2E35A #EBEC8E #F4F5C2 #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EBEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EBEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC8E

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC8E	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.117 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b0',
    500: '#ebec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec8e;
$custom-light: #f3f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.638,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92199,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.79606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC8E

secondary

#5957C7

accent

#12D314

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC8E

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

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