#FFEC98#FFEC98

#FFEC98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.106 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC98
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 152)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 40.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.24, -4.95, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.24, 43.31, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(94.01% -0.0129 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(94.01% 0.106 97)
XYZ	xyz(76.9046, 83.5204, 41.7697)
Luminance	0.8352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC98 #98ABFF

analogous

#FFB998 #FFEC98 #DFFF98

triadic

#FFEC98 #98FFEC #EC98FF

tetradic

#FFEC98 #98FFB9 #98ABFF #FF98DF

square

#FFEC98 #98FFB9 #98ABFF #FF98DF

split-complementary

#FFEC98 #98DFFF #B998FF

monochromatic

#FFD51E #FFE15B #FFEC98 #FFF7D5 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.70

#FFEC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC98

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC98	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)

#FCE892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.106 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b7',
    500: '#ffec98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec98;
$custom-light: #fff2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94005,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.83518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC98

secondary

#5973E2

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC98

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

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