#FFEC7B#FFEC7B

#FFEC7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC7B
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 123)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.88, -7.64, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.88, 57.01, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.0233 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.8130, 82.6838, 30.7538)
Luminance	0.8268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC7B #7B8EFF

analogous

#FFAA7B #FFEC7B #D0FF7B

triadic

#FFEC7B #7BFFEC #EC7BFF

tetradic

#FFEC7B #7BFFAA #7B8EFF #FF7BD0

square

#FFEC7B #7BFFAA #7B8EFF #FF7BD0

split-complementary

#FFEC7B #7BD0FF #AA7BFF

monochromatic

#FFDA01 #FFE33E #FFEC7B #FFF5B8 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.54

#FFEC7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC7B

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC7B	1.00	1.20	17.54	17.54
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a4',
    500: '#ffec7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec7b;
$custom-light: #fff1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93596,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC7B

secondary

#4157DD

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC7B

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

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