#FFEC9F#FFEC9F

#FFEC9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.098 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC9F
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 159)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.34, -4.21, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.34, 39.91, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(94.12% -0.0102 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(94.12% 0.098 96)
XYZ	xyz(77.4949, 83.7565, 44.8786)
Luminance	0.8375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC9F #9FB2FF

analogous

#FFBC9F #FFEC9F #E2FF9F

triadic

#FFEC9F #9FFFEC #EC9FFF

tetradic

#FFEC9F #9FFFBC #9FB2FF #FF9FE2

square

#FFEC9F #9FFFBC #9FB2FF #FF9FE2

split-complementary

#FFEC9F #9FE2FF #BC9FFF

monochromatic

#FFD425 #FFE062 #FFEC9F #FFF8DC #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FFEC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC9F

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC9F	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.098 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2bc',
    500: '#ffec9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec9f;
$custom-light: #fff2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9412,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.83754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC9F

secondary

#5F79E3

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC9F

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

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