#FFEC9C#FFEC9C

#FFEC9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.102 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC9C
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 156)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.30, -4.53, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.30, 41.37, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(94.07% -0.0113 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(94.07% 0.102 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(77.2378, 83.6537, 43.5242)
Luminance	0.8365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC9C #9CAFFF

analogous

#FFBA9C #FFEC9C #E0FF9C

triadic

#FFEC9C #9CFFEC #EC9CFF

tetradic

#FFEC9C #9CFFBA #9CAFFF #FF9CE0

square

#FFEC9C #9CFFBA #9CAFFF #FF9CE0

split-complementary

#FFEC9C #9CE0FF #BA9CFF

monochromatic

#FFD522 #FFE05F #FFEC9C #FFF8D9 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.73

#FFEC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC9C

17.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC9C	1.00	1.18	17.73	17.73
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.102 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ba',
    500: '#ffec9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec9c;
$custom-light: #fff2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9407,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC9C

secondary

#5D76E2

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC9C

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

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