#FFEC8E#FFEC8E

#FFEC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.117 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC8E
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 142)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 44.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.10, -5.95, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.10, 48.12, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(93.85% -0.0166 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(93.85% 0.117 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.1199, 83.2065, 37.6367)
Luminance	0.8320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC8E #8EA1FF

analogous

#FFB48E #FFEC8E #D9FF8E

triadic

#FFEC8E #8EFFEC #EC8EFF

tetradic

#FFEC8E #8EFFB4 #8EA1FF #FF8ED9

square

#FFEC8E #8EFFB4 #8EA1FF #FF8ED9

split-complementary

#FFEC8E #8ED9FF #B48EFF

monochromatic

#FFD714 #FFE251 #FFEC8E #FFF6CB #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FFEC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC8E

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC8E	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.117 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b0',
    500: '#ffec8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec8e;
$custom-light: #fff2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93852,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC8E

secondary

#5169E0

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC8E

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

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