#EBEC9E#EBEC9E

#EBEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.099 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEC9E
RGB	rgb(235, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(61, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.74, -11.94, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.74, 39.63, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0318 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.099 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.4285, 80.1229, 44.0963)
Luminance	0.8012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEC9E #9F9EEC

analogous

#ECC69E #EBEC9E #C4EC9E

triadic

#EBEC9E #9EEBEC #EC9EEB

tetradic

#EBEC9E #9EECC6 #9F9EEC #EC9EC4

square

#EBEC9E #9EECC6 #9F9EEC #EC9EC4

split-complementary

#EBEC9E #9EC4EC #C69EEC

monochromatic

#D6D838 #E0E26B #EBEC9E #F6F6D1 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EBEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#EBEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEC9E

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEC9E	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)

#F8E698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.099 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2bb',
    500: '#ebec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebec9e;
$custom-light: #f2f2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92459,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEC9E

secondary

#6766C8

accent

#16CF19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEC9E

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

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