Sunlight

#ebcd95

Drier sunlight yellow-green for bright, airy accents

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About Sunlight

On a mockup, Sunlight reads like a thin, bright cream highlight, more golden-warm than and less milky than . Compared with , it has a drier, more matte finish to it, so it doesn't look like it's holding bubble-reflections. It's light without going chalky, and the undertone stays toward sunlit yellow-green rather than turning into creamy beige.

I use it when I want the one you reach for backdrop that still keeps UI blocks crisp. Think product dashboards and marketing landing pages where you need airy panels behind charts, filter bars, and card grids, but you don't want the background to feel sugary-warm like can. It also plays well under photo-heavy layouts, especially food, skincare, and retail where you're balancing olive, sage, and soft green UI accents.

Quirk: because it's warmer than the nearby creams, it can make very cool greens look a touch flatter. A slightly deeper green border or richer type color fixes that fast.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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1.53:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.56:1AAA

On Black #000000

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13.70:1AAA

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