#FFEB9C#FFEB9C

#FFEB9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.101 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB9C
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 156)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.05, -4.03, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.05, 40.99, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.87% -0.0099 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(93.87% 0.101 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.9507, 83.0794, 43.4285)
Luminance	0.8308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB9C #9CB0FF

analogous

#FFB99C #FFEB9C #E1FF9C

triadic

#FFEB9C #9CFFEB #EB9CFF

tetradic

#FFEB9C #9CFFB9 #9CB0FF #FF9CE1

square

#FFEB9C #9CFFB9 #9CB0FF #FF9CE1

split-complementary

#FFEB9C #9CE1FF #B99CFF

monochromatic

#FFD222 #FFDF5F #FFEB9C #FFF7D9 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FFEB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB9C

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB9C	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.101 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1ba',
    500: '#ffeb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb9c;
$custom-light: #fff1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93872,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB9C

secondary

#5D78E2

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB9C

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

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