#FFEC96#FFEC96

#FFEC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.108 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC96
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.21, -5.16, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.21, 44.28, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(93.97% -0.0136 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(93.97% 0.108 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.7422, 83.4554, 40.9143)
Luminance	0.8345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC96 #96A9FF

analogous

#FFB896 #FFEC96 #DEFF96

triadic

#FFEC96 #96FFEC #EC96FF

tetradic

#FFEC96 #96FFB8 #96A9FF #FF96DE

square

#FFEC96 #96FFB8 #96A9FF #FF96DE

split-complementary

#FFEC96 #96DEFF #B896FF

monochromatic

#FFD61C #FFE159 #FFEC96 #FFF7D3 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#FFEC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC96

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC96	1.00	1.19	17.69	17.69
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.108 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b6',
    500: '#ffec96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec96;
$custom-light: #fff2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93973,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC96

secondary

#5871E1

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC96

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

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