#FFEC74#FFEC74

#FFEC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC74
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -8.19, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 60.17, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(93.51% -0.0257 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(93.51% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.3904, 82.5147, 28.5280)
Luminance	0.8251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC74 #7487FF

analogous

#FFA774 #FFEC74 #CCFF74

triadic

#FFEC74 #74FFEC #EC74FF

tetradic

#FFEC74 #74FFA7 #7487FF #FF74CC

square

#FFEC74 #74FFA7 #7487FF #FF74CC

split-complementary

#FFEC74 #74CCFF #A774FF

monochromatic

#F9D700 #FFE437 #FFEC74 #FFF4B1 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#FFEC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC74

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC74	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff19f',
    500: '#ffec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec74;
$custom-light: #fff19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93514,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC74

secondary

#3B51DC

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC74

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

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