#FFEC7D#FFEC7D

#FFEC7D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.133 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC7D
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.90, -7.47, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.90, 56.09, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0226 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.133 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.9395, 82.7343, 31.4199)
Luminance	0.8273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC7D #7D90FF

analogous

#FFAB7D #FFEC7D #D1FF7D

triadic

#FFEC7D #7DFFEC #EC7DFF

tetradic

#FFEC7D #7DFFAB #7D90FF #FF7DD1

square

#FFEC7D #7DFFAB #7D90FF #FF7DD1

split-complementary

#FFEC7D #7DD1FF #AB7DFF

monochromatic

#FFDA03 #FFE340 #FFEC7D #FFF5BA #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FFEC7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC7D

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC7D	1.00	1.20	17.55	17.55
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.133 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a5',
    500: '#ffec7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec7d;
$custom-light: #fff1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93621,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC7D

secondary

#4259DE

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC7D

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

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