#FFEC9D#FFEC9D

#FFEC9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.101 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC9D
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.31, -4.42, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.31, 40.88, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(94.09% -0.011 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(94.09% 0.101 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.3228, 83.6877, 43.9720)
Luminance	0.8368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC9D #9DB0FF

analogous

#FFBB9D #FFEC9D #E1FF9D

triadic

#FFEC9D #9DFFEC #EC9DFF

tetradic

#FFEC9D #9DFFBB #9DB0FF #FF9DE1

square

#FFEC9D #9DFFBB #9DB0FF #FF9DE1

split-complementary

#FFEC9D #9DE1FF #BB9DFF

monochromatic

#FFD423 #FFE060 #FFEC9D #FFF8DA #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#FFEC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC9D

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC9D	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.101 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2bb',
    500: '#ffec9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec9d;
$custom-light: #fff2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.367,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94086,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC9D

secondary

#5E77E3

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC9D

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

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