#FFEB8B#FFEB8B

#FFEB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.119 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB8B
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 139)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 45.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.81, -5.74, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.81, 49.18, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(93.61% -0.0162 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(93.61% 0.119 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.6106, 82.5434, 36.3707)
Luminance	0.8254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB8B #8B9FFF

analogous

#FFB18B #FFEB8B #D9FF8B

triadic

#FFEB8B #8BFFEB #EB8BFF

tetradic

#FFEB8B #8BFFB1 #8B9FFF #FF8BD9

square

#FFEB8B #8BFFB1 #8B9FFF #FF8BD9

split-complementary

#FFEB8B #8BD9FF #B18BFF

monochromatic

#FFD611 #FFE04E #FFEB8B #FFF6C8 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#FFEB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB8B

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB8B	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.119 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1ae',
    500: '#ffeb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb8b;
$custom-light: #fff1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93609,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB8B

secondary

#4E67E0

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB8B

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

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