#FFEC65#FFEC65

#FFEC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.154 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC65
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 100%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.66, -9.24, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.66, 66.68, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(93.36% -0.0303 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(93.36% 0.154 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.5872, 82.1934, 24.2981)
Luminance	0.8219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC65 #6578FF

analogous

#FF9F65 #FFEC65 #C5FF65

triadic

#FFEC65 #65FFEC #EC65FF

tetradic

#FFEC65 #65FF9F #6578FF #FF65C5

square

#FFEC65 #65FF9F #6578FF #FF65C5

split-complementary

#FFEC65 #65C5FF #9F65FF

monochromatic

#EACD00 #FFE428 #FFEC65 #FFF4A2 #FFFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.44

#FFEC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC65

17.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC65	1.00	1.20	17.44	17.44
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.154 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff196',
    500: '#ffec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec65;
$custom-light: #fff196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.597,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93356,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC65

secondary

#2E43DA

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC65

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

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