#FFECA1#FFECA1

#FFECA1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.096 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECA1
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 161)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.38, -3.99, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.38, 38.93, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(94.15% -0.0094 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(94.15% 0.096 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(77.6699, 83.8265, 45.8001)
Luminance	0.8382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECA1 #A1B4FF

analogous

#FFBDA1 #FFECA1 #E3FFA1

triadic

#FFECA1 #A1FFEC #ECA1FF

tetradic

#FFECA1 #A1FFBD #A1B4FF #FFA1E3

square

#FFECA1 #A1FFBD #A1B4FF #FFA1E3

split-complementary

#FFECA1 #A1E3FF #BDA1FF

monochromatic

#FFD327 #FFE064 #FFECA1 #FFF8DE #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFECA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FFECA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECA1

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECA1	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.096 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2bd',
    500: '#ffeca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeca1;
$custom-light: #fff2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94154,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECA1

secondary

#617BE3

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECA1

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

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