#EBEC99#EBEC99

#EBEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.104 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC99
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.66, -12.52, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.66, 42.09, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0338 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.104 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.0069, 79.9542, 41.8756)
Luminance	0.7995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC99 #9A99EC

analogous

#ECC499 #EBEC99 #C2EC99

triadic

#EBEC99 #99EBEC #EC99EB

tetradic

#EBEC99 #99ECC4 #9A99EC #EC99C2

square

#EBEC99 #99ECC4 #9A99EC #EC99C2

split-complementary

#EBEC99 #99C2EC #C499EC

monochromatic

#D7D932 #E1E265 #EBEC99 #F5F6CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EBEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#EBEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC99

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC99	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.104 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2b8',
    500: '#ebec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec99;
$custom-light: #f2f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.723,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92374,
    "c": 0.10443,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC99

secondary

#6362C8

accent

#15D117

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC99

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

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