#FFEC8A#FFEC8A

#FFEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC8A
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.05, -6.33, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.05, 50.02, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(93.79% -0.018 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(93.79% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.8249, 83.0885, 36.0834)
Luminance	0.8309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC8A #8A9DFF

analogous

#FFB18A #FFEC8A #D8FF8A

triadic

#FFEC8A #8AFFEC #EC8AFF

tetradic

#FFEC8A #8AFFB1 #8A9DFF #FF8AD8

square

#FFEC8A #8AFFB1 #8A9DFF #FF8AD8

split-complementary

#FFEC8A #8AD8FF #B18AFF

monochromatic

#FFD810 #FFE24D #FFEC8A #FFF6C7 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FFEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC8A

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC8A	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1ae',
    500: '#ffec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec8a;
$custom-light: #fff1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93794,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC8A

secondary

#4E65E0

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC8A

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

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