#FFECA5#FFECA5

#FFECA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.092 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECA5
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 165)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 35.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.44, -3.54, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.44, 36.97, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(94.22% -0.0079 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(94.22% 0.092 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.0283, 83.9699, 47.6875)
Luminance	0.8397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECA5 #A5B8FF

analogous

#FFBFA5 #FFECA5 #E5FFA5

triadic

#FFECA5 #A5FFEC #ECA5FF

tetradic

#FFECA5 #A5FFBF #A5B8FF #FFA5E5

square

#FFECA5 #A5FFBF #A5B8FF #FFA5E5

split-complementary

#FFECA5 #A5E5FF #BFA5FF

monochromatic

#FFD22B #FFDF68 #FFECA5 #FFF9E0 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFECA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.79

#FFECA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECA5

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECA5	1.00	1.18	17.79	17.79
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE9A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.092 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2c0',
    500: '#ffeca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeca5;
$custom-light: #fff2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94223,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.83968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECA5

secondary

#647FE4

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECA5

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

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