#FFEC5F#FFEC5F

#FFEC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.159 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC5F
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.61, -9.62, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.61, 69.16, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.3% -0.032 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(93.3% 0.159 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.3039, 82.0801, 22.8060)
Luminance	0.8208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC5F #5F72FF

analogous

#FF9C5F #FFEC5F #C2FF5F

triadic

#FFEC5F #5FFFEC #EC5FFF

tetradic

#FFEC5F #5FFF9C #5F72FF #FF5FC2

square

#FFEC5F #5FFF9C #5F72FF #FF5FC2

split-complementary

#FFEC5F #5FC2FF #9C5FFF

monochromatic

#E4C900 #FFE522 #FFEC5F #FFF39C #FFFBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#FFEC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.42

#FFEC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC5F

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC5F	1.00	1.21	17.42	17.42
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.159 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff192',
    500: '#ffec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec5f;
$custom-light: #fff192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.875,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.933,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC5F

secondary

#293ED9

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#19160D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC5F

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

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