#FFEC8F#FFEC8F

#FFEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.115 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC8F
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 43.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.12, -5.86, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.12, 47.64, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(93.87% -0.0162 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(93.87% 0.115 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.1953, 83.2367, 38.0339)
Luminance	0.8323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC8F #8FA2FF

analogous

#FFB48F #FFEC8F #DAFF8F

triadic

#FFEC8F #8FFFEC #EC8FFF

tetradic

#FFEC8F #8FFFB4 #8FA2FF #FF8FDA

square

#FFEC8F #8FFFB4 #8FA2FF #FF8FDA

split-complementary

#FFEC8F #8FDAFF #B48FFF

monochromatic

#FFD715 #FFE252 #FFEC8F #FFF6CC #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.65

#FFEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC8F

17.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC8F	1.00	1.19	17.65	17.65
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.115 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b1',
    500: '#ffec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec8f;
$custom-light: #fff2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93867,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC8F

secondary

#526AE0

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC8F

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

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