#FFEC3A#FFEC3A

#FFEC3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.182 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC3A
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 77.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.38, -11.36, 81.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.38, 82.22, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(93.04% -0.0406 0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(93.04% 0.182 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.0025, 81.5596, 15.9521)
Luminance	0.8156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC3A #3A4DFF

analogous

#FF8A3A #FFEC3A #B0FF3A

triadic

#FFEC3A #3AFFEC #EC3AFF

tetradic

#FFEC3A #3AFF8A #3A4DFF #FF3AB0

square

#FFEC3A #3AFF8A #3A4DFF #FF3AB0

split-complementary

#FFEC3A #3AB0FF #8A3AFF

monochromatic

#BFAC00 #FCE400 #FFEC3A #FFF277 #FFF8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#FFEC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC3A

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC3A	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.182 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff17f',
    500: '#ffec3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec3a;
$custom-light: #fff17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.213,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93044,
    "c": 0.18151,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC3A

secondary

#2130BC

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#19160B

muted

#87857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC3A

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

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