#FFEC6A#FFEC6A

#FFEC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC6A
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 58.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.70, -8.91, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.70, 64.56, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% -0.0288 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.8397, 82.2944, 25.6278)
Luminance	0.8229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC6A #6A7DFF

analogous

#FFA16A #FFEC6A #C7FF6A

triadic

#FFEC6A #6AFFEC #EC6AFF

tetradic

#FFEC6A #6AFFA1 #6A7DFF #FF6AC7

square

#FFEC6A #6AFFA1 #6A7DFF #FF6AC7

split-complementary

#FFEC6A #6AC7FF #A16AFF

monochromatic

#EFD000 #FFE42D #FFEC6A #FFF4A7 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#FFEC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC6A

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC6A	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff199',
    500: '#ffec6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec6a;
$custom-light: #fff199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93406,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC6A

secondary

#3248DB

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19160E

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC6A

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

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