#FFEC5C#FFEC5C

#FFEC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.161 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC5C
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.59, -9.80, 69.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.59, 70.36, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.27% -0.0329 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(93.27% 0.161 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.1702, 82.0266, 22.1017)
Luminance	0.8202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC5C #5C6FFF

analogous

#FF9A5C #FFEC5C #C0FF5C

triadic

#FFEC5C #5CFFEC #EC5CFF

tetradic

#FFEC5C #5CFF9A #5C6FFF #FF5CC0

square

#FFEC5C #5CFF9A #5C6FFF #FF5CC0

split-complementary

#FFEC5C #5CC0FF #9A5CFF

monochromatic

#E1C600 #FFE51F #FFEC5C #FFF399 #FFFAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#FFEC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC5C

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC5C	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.161 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff190',
    500: '#ffec5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec5c;
$custom-light: #fff190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.006,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93274,
    "c": 0.16119,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC5C

secondary

#263BD9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC5C

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

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