#FFEC72#FFEC72

#FFEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC72
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.78, -8.34, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.78, 61.06, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(93.49% -0.0263 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(93.49% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.2753, 82.4687, 27.9219)
Luminance	0.8247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC72 #7285FF

analogous

#FFA672 #FFEC72 #CBFF72

triadic

#FFEC72 #72FFEC #EC72FF

tetradic

#FFEC72 #72FFA6 #7285FF #FF72CB

square

#FFEC72 #72FFA6 #7285FF #FF72CB

split-complementary

#FFEC72 #72CBFF #A672FF

monochromatic

#F7D500 #FFE435 #FFEC72 #FFF4AF #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#FFEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC72

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC72	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff19e',
    500: '#ffec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec72;
$custom-light: #fff19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93491,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.82466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC72

secondary

#394FDC

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC72

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

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