#FFEB9B#FFEB9B

#FFEB9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.102 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB9B
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 155)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.03, -4.14, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.03, 41.48, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(93.86% -0.0103 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(93.86% 0.102 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.8663, 83.0457, 42.9844)
Luminance	0.8304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB9B #9BAFFF

analogous

#FFB99B #FFEB9B #E1FF9B

triadic

#FFEB9B #9BFFEB #EB9BFF

tetradic

#FFEB9B #9BFFB9 #9BAFFF #FF9BE1

square

#FFEB9B #9BFFB9 #9BAFFF #FF9BE1

split-complementary

#FFEB9B #9BE1FF #B99BFF

monochromatic

#FFD321 #FFDF5E #FFEB9B #FFF7D8 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.61

#FFEB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB9B

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB9B	1.00	1.19	17.61	17.61
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.102 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1b9',
    500: '#ffeb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb9b;
$custom-light: #fff1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93855,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB9B

secondary

#5C77E2

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB9B

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

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