#FFEC86#FFEC86

#FFEC86 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC86
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 47.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.00, -6.70, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.00, 51.91, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(93.74% -0.0195 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(93.74% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(75.5407, 82.9748, 34.5862)
Luminance	0.8297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC86 #8699FF

analogous

#FFB086 #FFEC86 #D5FF86

triadic

#FFEC86 #86FFEC #EC86FF

tetradic

#FFEC86 #86FFB0 #8699FF #FF86D5

square

#FFEC86 #86FFB0 #8699FF #FF86D5

split-complementary

#FFEC86 #86D5FF #B086FF

monochromatic

#FFD90C #FFE249 #FFEC86 #FFF6C3 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.59

#FFEC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC86

17.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC86	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)

#FDE77D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1ab',
    500: '#ffec86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec86;
$custom-light: #fff1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93739,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.82972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC86

secondary

#4A62DF

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC86

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

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