#FFEC87#FFEC87

#FFEC87 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.124 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC87
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 47.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.02, -6.61, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.02, 51.44, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(93.75% -0.0191 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(93.75% 0.124 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.6107, 83.0028, 34.9553)
Luminance	0.8300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC87 #879AFF

analogous

#FFB087 #FFEC87 #D6FF87

triadic

#FFEC87 #87FFEC #EC87FF

tetradic

#FFEC87 #87FFB0 #879AFF #FF87D6

square

#FFEC87 #87FFB0 #879AFF #FF87D6

split-complementary

#FFEC87 #87D6FF #B087FF

monochromatic

#FFD90D #FFE24A #FFEC87 #FFF6C4 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.60

#FFEC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC87

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC87	1.00	1.19	17.60	17.60
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.124 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1ac',
    500: '#ffec87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec87;
$custom-light: #fff1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93753,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC87

secondary

#4B62DF

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC87

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

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