#FFEC78#FFEC78

#FFEC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC78
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.84, -7.88, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.84, 58.37, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(93.56% -0.0243 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(93.56% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.6281, 82.6098, 29.7799)
Luminance	0.8261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC78 #788BFF

analogous

#FFA878 #FFEC78 #CEFF78

triadic

#FFEC78 #78FFEC #EC78FF

tetradic

#FFEC78 #78FFA8 #788BFF #FF78CE

square

#FFEC78 #78FFA8 #788BFF #FF78CE

split-complementary

#FFEC78 #78CEFF #A878FF

monochromatic

#FDD900 #FFE33B #FFEC78 #FFF5B5 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FFEC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC78

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC78	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a2',
    500: '#ffec78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec78;
$custom-light: #fff1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9356,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC78

secondary

#3E55DD

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC78

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

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