#FFECA9#FFECA9

#FFECA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.087 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECA9
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 169)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 33.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.50, -3.08, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.50, 35.01, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(94.3% -0.0063 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(94.3% 0.087 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(78.3980, 84.1178, 49.6350)
Luminance	0.8411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECA9 #A9BCFF

analogous

#FFC1A9 #FFECA9 #E7FFA9

triadic

#FFECA9 #A9FFEC #ECA9FF

tetradic

#FFECA9 #A9FFC1 #A9BCFF #FFA9E7

square

#FFECA9 #A9FFC1 #A9BCFF #FFA9E7

split-complementary

#FFECA9 #A9E7FF #C1A9FF

monochromatic

#FFD12F #FFDE6C #FFECA9 #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFECA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.82

#FFECA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECA9

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECA9	1.00	1.18	17.82	17.82
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.087 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2c3',
    500: '#ffeca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeca9;
$custom-light: #fff2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.744,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94295,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECA9

secondary

#6883E4

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECA9

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

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