#FFECAC#FFECAC

#FFECAC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.842; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.084 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECAC
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 172)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 32.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.55, -2.72, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.55, 33.53, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(94.35% -0.0051 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(94.35% 0.084 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(78.6829, 84.2317, 51.1353)
Luminance	0.8423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECAC #ACBFFF

analogous

#FFC2AC #FFECAC #E8FFAC

triadic

#FFECAC #ACFFEC #ECACFF

tetradic

#FFECAC #ACFFC2 #ACBFFF #FFACE8

square

#FFECAC #ACFFC2 #ACBFFF #FFACE8

split-complementary

#FFECAC #ACE8FF #C2ACFF

monochromatic

#FFD032 #FFDE6F #FFECAC #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFECAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FFECAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECAC

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECAC	1.00	1.18	17.85	17.85
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffecac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.084 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2c5',
    500: '#ffecac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffecac;
$custom-light: #fff2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffecac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9435,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECAC

secondary

#6A86E5

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECAC

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

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