#FFEC97#FFEC97

#FFEC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.107 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC97
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.23, -5.06, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.23, 43.79, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(93.99% -0.0132 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(93.99% 0.107 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.8231, 83.4878, 41.3402)
Luminance	0.8348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC97 #97AAFF

analogous

#FFB897 #FFEC97 #DEFF97

triadic

#FFEC97 #97FFEC #EC97FF

tetradic

#FFEC97 #97FFB8 #97AAFF #FF97DE

square

#FFEC97 #97FFB8 #97AAFF #FF97DE

split-complementary

#FFEC97 #97DEFF #B897FF

monochromatic

#FFD61D #FFE15A #FFEC97 #FFF7D4 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.70

#FFEC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC97

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC97	1.00	1.19	17.70	17.70
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.107 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b6',
    500: '#ffec97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec97;
$custom-light: #fff2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93989,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC97

secondary

#5972E2

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC97

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

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