#FFEC7E#FFEC7E

#FFEC7E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.132 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC7E
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.91, -7.39, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.91, 55.63, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(93.63% -0.0223 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(93.63% 0.132 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.0037, 82.7600, 31.7581)
Luminance	0.8276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC7E #7E91FF

analogous

#FFAC7E #FFEC7E #D1FF7E

triadic

#FFEC7E #7EFFEC #EC7EFF

tetradic

#FFEC7E #7EFFAC #7E91FF #FF7ED1

square

#FFEC7E #7EFFAC #7E91FF #FF7ED1

split-complementary

#FFEC7E #7ED1FF #AC7EFF

monochromatic

#FFDA04 #FFE341 #FFEC7E #FFF5BB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.55

#FFEC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC7E

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC7E	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)

#FEE674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.132 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a6',
    500: '#ffec7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec7e;
$custom-light: #fff1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93634,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC7E

secondary

#435ADE

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC7E

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

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