#FFEC4D#FFEC4D

#FFEC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.171 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC4D
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.48, -10.58, 75.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.48, 76.05, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0367 0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.171 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.5782, 81.7898, 18.9837)
Luminance	0.8179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC4D #4D60FF

analogous

#FF934D #FFEC4D #B9FF4D

triadic

#FFEC4D #4DFFEC #EC4DFF

tetradic

#FFEC4D #4DFF93 #4D60FF #FF4DB9

square

#FFEC4D #4DFF93 #4D60FF #FF4DB9

split-complementary

#FFEC4D #4DB9FF #934DFF

monochromatic

#D2BB00 #FFE510 #FFEC4D #FFF38A #FFF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#FFEC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC4D

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC4D	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.171 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff188',
    500: '#ffec4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec4d;
$custom-light: #fff188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.596,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93157,
    "c": 0.17127,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC4D

secondary

#2436CC

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC4D

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

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