#ECD177#ECD177

#ECD177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.114 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD177
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -1.97, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 47.82, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0063 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.114 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7244, 64.7683, 26.7521)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD177 #7792EC

analogous

#EC9777 #ECD177 #CDEC77

triadic

#ECD177 #77ECD1 #D177EC

tetradic

#ECD177 #77EC97 #7792EC #EC77CD

square

#ECD177 #77EC97 #7792EC #EC77CD

split-complementary

#ECD177 #77CDEC #9777EC

monochromatic

#CCA41D #E4BF41 #ECD177 #F4E3AD #FBF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#ECD177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD177

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD177	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.114 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dea0',
    500: '#ecd177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd177;
$custom-light: #f4dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8646,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD177

secondary

#4260C5

accent

#3CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD177

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

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