#FFEC5E#FFEC5E

#FFEC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.160 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC5E
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.60, -9.68, 68.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.60, 69.56, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.29% -0.0323 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(93.29% 0.16 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.2588, 82.0621, 22.5682)
Luminance	0.8206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC5E #5E71FF

analogous

#FF9B5E #FFEC5E #C1FF5E

triadic

#FFEC5E #5EFFEC #EC5EFF

tetradic

#FFEC5E #5EFF9B #5E71FF #FF5EC1

square

#FFEC5E #5EFF9B #5E71FF #FF5EC1

split-complementary

#FFEC5E #5EC1FF #9B5EFF

monochromatic

#E3C800 #FFE521 #FFEC5E #FFF39B #FFFAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.41

#FFEC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC5E

17.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC5E	1.00	1.21	17.41	17.41
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.160 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff192',
    500: '#ffec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec5e;
$custom-light: #fff192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.919,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93291,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC5E

secondary

#283DD9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC5E

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

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