#FFEC85#FFEC85

#FFEC85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC85
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 47.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.99, -6.79, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.99, 52.38, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(93.73% -0.0198 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(93.73% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.4713, 82.9471, 34.2206)
Luminance	0.8294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC85 #8598FF

analogous

#FFAF85 #FFEC85 #D5FF85

triadic

#FFEC85 #85FFEC #EC85FF

tetradic

#FFEC85 #85FFAF #8598FF #FF85D5

square

#FFEC85 #85FFAF #8598FF #FF85D5

split-complementary

#FFEC85 #85D5FF #AF85FF

monochromatic

#FFD90B #FFE248 #FFEC85 #FFF6C2 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.59

#FFEC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC85

17.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC85	1.00	1.19	17.59	17.59
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE77C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1aa',
    500: '#ffec85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec85;
$custom-light: #fff1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93725,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC85

secondary

#4961DF

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC85

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

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