#FFEC99#FFEC99

#FFEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.105 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC99
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.26, -4.85, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.26, 42.83, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(94.02% -0.0125 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(94.02% 0.105 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.9869, 83.5533, 42.2028)
Luminance	0.8355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC99 #99ACFF

analogous

#FFB999 #FFEC99 #DFFF99

triadic

#FFEC99 #99FFEC #EC99FF

tetradic

#FFEC99 #99FFB9 #99ACFF #FF99DF

square

#FFEC99 #99FFB9 #99ACFF #FF99DF

split-complementary

#FFEC99 #99DFFF #B999FF

monochromatic

#FFD51F #FFE15C #FFEC99 #FFF7D6 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.71

#FFEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC99

17.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC99	1.00	1.19	17.71	17.71
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.105 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b8',
    500: '#ffec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec99;
$custom-light: #fff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94021,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC99

secondary

#5A74E2

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC99

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

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