#EBEC9D#EBEC9D

#EBEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.100 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC9D
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.72, -12.06, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.72, 40.12, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0322 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.1 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.3428, 80.0886, 43.6448)
Luminance	0.8009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC9D #9E9DEC

analogous

#ECC59D #EBEC9D #C4EC9D

triadic

#EBEC9D #9DEBEC #EC9DEB

tetradic

#EBEC9D #9DECC5 #9E9DEC #EC9DC4

square

#EBEC9D #9DECC5 #9E9DEC #EC9DC4

split-complementary

#EBEC9D #9DC4EC #C59DEC

monochromatic

#D6D836 #E1E26A #EBEC9D #F5F6D0 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EBEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EBEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC9D

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC9D	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.100 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2ba',
    500: '#ebec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec9d;
$custom-light: #f2f2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.759,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92442,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC9D

secondary

#6765C8

accent

#16CF18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC9D

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

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