#FFEC81#FFEC81

#FFEC81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC81
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -7.14, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 54.24, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.67% -0.0213 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(93.67% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.2002, 82.8386, 32.7929)
Luminance	0.8284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC81 #8194FF

analogous

#FFAD81 #FFEC81 #D3FF81

triadic

#FFEC81 #81FFEC #EC81FF

tetradic

#FFEC81 #81FFAD #8194FF #FF81D3

square

#FFEC81 #81FFAD #8194FF #FF81D3

split-complementary

#FFEC81 #81D3FF #AD81FF

monochromatic

#FFDA07 #FFE344 #FFEC81 #FFF5BE #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#FFEC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC81

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC81	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a8',
    500: '#ffec81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec81;
$custom-light: #fff1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93672,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC81

secondary

#465DDE

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC81

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

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