#FFEC80#FFEC80

#FFEC80 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC80
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.93, -7.22, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.93, 54.71, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(93.66% -0.0216 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(93.66% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(75.1340, 82.8122, 32.4445)
Luminance	0.8281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC80 #8093FF

analogous

#FFAD80 #FFEC80 #D2FF80

triadic

#FFEC80 #80FFEC #EC80FF

tetradic

#FFEC80 #80FFAD #8093FF #FF80D2

square

#FFEC80 #80FFAD #8093FF #FF80D2

split-complementary

#FFEC80 #80D2FF #AD80FF

monochromatic

#FFDA06 #FFE343 #FFEC80 #FFF5BD #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#FFEC80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC80

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC80	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a7',
    500: '#ffec80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec80;
$custom-light: #fff1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93659,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC80

secondary

#455CDE

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC80

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

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