#FFEC50#FFEC50

#FFEC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.169 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC50
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.50, -10.44, 74.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.50, 74.96, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.036 0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.169 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.6866, 81.8332, 19.5545)
Luminance	0.8183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC50 #5063FF

analogous

#FF9450 #FFEC50 #BAFF50

triadic

#FFEC50 #50FFEC #EC50FF

tetradic

#FFEC50 #50FF94 #5063FF #FF50BA

square

#FFEC50 #50FF94 #5063FF #FF50BA

split-complementary

#FFEC50 #50BAFF #9450FF

monochromatic

#D5BE00 #FFE513 #FFEC50 #FFF38D #FFF9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#FFEC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC50

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC50	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.169 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18a',
    500: '#ffec50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec50;
$custom-light: #fff18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.486,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93179,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC50

secondary

#2437CF

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC50

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

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