#EBEC9B#EBEC9B

#EBEC9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.102 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC9B
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 155)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -12.29, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 41.11, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.033 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.102 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.1734, 80.0209, 42.7529)
Luminance	0.8002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC9B #9C9BEC

analogous

#ECC59B #EBEC9B #C3EC9B

triadic

#EBEC9B #9BEBEC #EC9BEB

tetradic

#EBEC9B #9BECC5 #9C9BEC #EC9BC3

square

#EBEC9B #9BECC5 #9C9BEC #EC9BC3

split-complementary

#EBEC9B #9BC3EC #C59BEC

monochromatic

#D6D834 #E1E268 #EBEC9B #F5F6CE #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EBEC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#EBEC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC9B

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC9B	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.102 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2b9',
    500: '#ebec9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec9b;
$custom-light: #f2f2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.741,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92408,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC9B

secondary

#6563C8

accent

#16D018

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC9B

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

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