#EBEE99#EBEE99

#EBEE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.107 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBEE99
RGB	rgb(235, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.18, -13.51, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.18, 43.03, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(92.79% -0.0366 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(92.79% 0.107 110)
XYZ	xyz(70.5859, 81.1123, 42.0687)
Luminance	0.8111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBEE99 #9C99EE

analogous

#EEC799 #EBEE99 #C1EE99

triadic

#EBEE99 #99EBEE #EE99EB

tetradic

#EBEE99 #99EEC7 #9C99EE #EE99C1

square

#EBEE99 #99EEC7 #9C99EE #EE99C1

split-complementary

#EBEE99 #99C1EE #C799EE

monochromatic

#D6DD30 #E1E565 #EBEE99 #F5F7CD #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EBEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#EBEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBEE99

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBEE99	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.107 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f3b8',
    500: '#ebee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebee99;
$custom-light: #f2f3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.118,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92785,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.81111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBEE99

secondary

#6561CA

accent

#12D319

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBEE99

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

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