#FFECAE#FFECAE

#FFECAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.843; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.081 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECAE
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 174)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 31.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.58, -2.48, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.58, 32.55, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(94.39% -0.0044 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(94.39% 0.081 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.8764, 84.3091, 52.1545)
Luminance	0.8431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECAE #AEC1FF

analogous

#FFC4AE #FFECAE #EAFFAE

triadic

#FFECAE #AEFFEC #ECAEFF

tetradic

#FFECAE #AEFFC4 #AEC1FF #FFAEEA

square

#FFECAE #AEFFC4 #AEC1FF #FFAEEA

split-complementary

#FFECAE #AEEAFF #C4AEFF

monochromatic

#FFCF34 #FFDE71 #FFECAE #FFF8E0 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFECAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.86

#FFECAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECAE

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECAE	1.00	1.18	17.86	17.86
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffecae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.081 93.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffecae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94388,
    "c": 0.08138,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECAE

secondary

#6C88E5

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECAE

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

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