#FFECAD#FFECAD

#FFECAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.083 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECAD
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 173)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 32.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.57, -2.60, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.57, 33.04, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.37% -0.0047 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(94.37% 0.083 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(78.7793, 84.2703, 51.6430)
Luminance	0.8427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECAD #ADC0FF

analogous

#FFC3AD #FFECAD #E9FFAD

triadic

#FFECAD #ADFFEC #ECADFF

tetradic

#FFECAD #ADFFC3 #ADC0FF #FFADE9

square

#FFECAD #ADFFC3 #ADC0FF #FFADE9

split-complementary

#FFECAD #ADE9FF #C3ADFF

monochromatic

#FFD033 #FFDE70 #FFECAD #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFECAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.85

#FFECAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECAD

17.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECAD	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)

#F9E9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffecad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.083 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2c6',
    500: '#ffecad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffecad;
$custom-light: #fff2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffecad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94369,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECAD

secondary

#6B87E5

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECAD

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

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