#FFEC9E#FFEC9E

#FFEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.099 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC9E
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 38%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.33, -4.32, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.33, 40.39, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(94.1% -0.0106 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(94.1% 0.099 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(77.4085, 83.7220, 44.4235)
Luminance	0.8372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC9E #9EB1FF

analogous

#FFBB9E #FFEC9E #E2FF9E

triadic

#FFEC9E #9EFFEC #EC9EFF

tetradic

#FFEC9E #9EFFBB #9EB1FF #FF9EE2

square

#FFEC9E #9EFFBB #9EB1FF #FF9EE2

split-complementary

#FFEC9E #9EE2FF #BB9EFF

monochromatic

#FFD424 #FFE061 #FFEC9E #FFF8DB #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#FFEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC9E

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC9E	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)

#FBE898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.099 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2bb',
    500: '#ffec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec9e;
$custom-light: #fff2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94103,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC9E

secondary

#5F78E3

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC9E

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

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