#FFECB3#FFECB3

#FFECB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.076 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFECB3
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 179)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(45, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 29.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.67, -1.87, 30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.67, 30.09, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(94.48% -0.0024 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(94.48% 0.076 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(79.3730, 84.5077, 54.7696)
Luminance	0.8451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFECB3 #B3C6FF

analogous

#FFC6B3 #FFECB3 #ECFFB3

triadic

#FFECB3 #B3FFEC #ECB3FF

tetradic

#FFECB3 #B3FFC6 #B3C6FF #FFB3EC

square

#FFECB3 #B3FFC6 #B3C6FF #FFB3EC

split-complementary

#FFECB3 #B3ECFF #C6B3FF

monochromatic

#FFCD39 #FFDD76 #FFECB3 #FFF7E0 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FFECB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FFECB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFECB3

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFECB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFECB3	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffecb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.076 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2ca',
    500: '#ffecb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffecb3;
$custom-light: #fff2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffecb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94484,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFECB3

secondary

#708EE6

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFECB3

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

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