#FFEC56#FFEC56

#FFEC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.165 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC56
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.54, -10.13, 72.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.54, 72.71, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.22% -0.0345 0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(93.22% 0.165 102)
XYZ	xyz(72.9182, 81.9258, 20.7746)
Luminance	0.8192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC56 #5669FF

analogous

#FF9756 #FFEC56 #BEFF56

triadic

#FFEC56 #56FFEC #EC56FF

tetradic

#FFEC56 #56FF97 #5669FF #FF56BE

square

#FFEC56 #56FF97 #5669FF #FF56BE

split-complementary

#FFEC56 #56BEFF #9756FF

monochromatic

#DBC200 #FFE519 #FFEC56 #FFF393 #FFFAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#FFEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC56

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC56	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.165 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff18d',
    500: '#ffec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec56;
$custom-light: #fff18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.254,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93224,
    "c": 0.16543,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.81923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC56

secondary

#2539D4

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC56

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

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