#FFEC9B#FFEC9B

#FFEC9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.103 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC9B
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 155)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.29, -4.64, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.29, 41.85, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(94.05% -0.0117 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(94.05% 0.103 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.1534, 83.6199, 43.0801)
Luminance	0.8362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC9B #9BAEFF

analogous

#FFBA9B #FFEC9B #E0FF9B

triadic

#FFEC9B #9BFFEC #EC9BFF

tetradic

#FFEC9B #9BFFBA #9BAEFF #FF9BE0

square

#FFEC9B #9BFFBA #9BAEFF #FF9BE0

split-complementary

#FFEC9B #9BE0FF #BA9BFF

monochromatic

#FFD521 #FFE05E #FFEC9B #FFF8D8 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#FFEC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC9B

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC9B	1.00	1.18	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.18	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)

#FBE895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.103 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2b9',
    500: '#ffec9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec9b;
$custom-light: #fff2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.6,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94053,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC9B

secondary

#5C75E2

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC9B

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

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