#FFEC9A#FFEC9A

#FFEC9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.104 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC9A
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 154)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 39.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.27, -4.74, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.27, 42.34, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(94.04% -0.0121 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(94.04% 0.104 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.0698, 83.5865, 42.6396)
Luminance	0.8358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC9A #9AADFF

analogous

#FFB99A #FFEC9A #DFFF9A

triadic

#FFEC9A #9AFFEC #EC9AFF

tetradic

#FFEC9A #9AFFB9 #9AADFF #FF9ADF

square

#FFEC9A #9AFFB9 #9AADFF #FF9ADF

split-complementary

#FFEC9A #9ADFFF #B99AFF

monochromatic

#FFD520 #FFE05D #FFEC9A #FFF8D7 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#FFEC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC9A

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC9A	1.00	1.19	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.104 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b8',
    500: '#ffec9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec9a;
$custom-light: #fff2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94037,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC9A

secondary

#5B75E2

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC9A

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

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