#FFEC52#FFEC52

#FFEC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.168 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC52
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.51, -10.34, 73.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.51, 74.22, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.0355 0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.168 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.7616, 81.8632, 19.9495)
Luminance	0.8186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC52 #5265FF

analogous

#FF9552 #FFEC52 #BCFF52

triadic

#FFEC52 #52FFEC #EC52FF

tetradic

#FFEC52 #52FF95 #5265FF #FF52BC

square

#FFEC52 #52FF95 #5265FF #FF52BC

split-complementary

#FFEC52 #52BCFF #9552FF

monochromatic

#D7BF00 #FFE515 #FFEC52 #FFF38F #FFF9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#FFEC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC52

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC52	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)

#FFE53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.168 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18b',
    500: '#ffec52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec52;
$custom-light: #fff18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.41,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93194,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC52

secondary

#2538D0

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160C

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC52

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

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