#ECD577#ECD577

#ECD577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.117 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD577
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -4.01, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 49.18, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0122 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.117 96)
XYZ	xyz(61.7181, 66.7557, 27.0833)
Luminance	0.6675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD577 #778EEC

analogous

#EC9B77 #ECD577 #C9EC77

triadic

#ECD577 #77ECD5 #D577EC

tetradic

#ECD577 #77EC9B #778EEC #EC77C9

square

#ECD577 #77EC9B #778EEC #EC77C9

split-complementary

#ECD577 #77C9EC #9B77EC

monochromatic

#CCAA1D #E4C441 #ECD577 #F4E6AD #FBF6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#ECD577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD577

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD577	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.117 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a0',
    500: '#ecd577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd577;
$custom-light: #f4e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87263,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.66753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD577

secondary

#425CC5

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD577

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

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