#ECD777#ECD777

#ECD777 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.119 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD777
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -5.03, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 49.89, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0151 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.119 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2242, 67.7681, 27.2521)
Luminance	0.6777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD777 #778CEC

analogous

#EC9D77 #ECD777 #C6EC77

triadic

#ECD777 #77ECD7 #D777EC

tetradic

#ECD777 #77EC9D #778CEC #EC77C6

square

#ECD777 #77EC9D #778CEC #EC77C6

split-complementary

#ECD777 #77C6EC #9D77EC

monochromatic

#CCAD1D #E4C741 #ECD777 #F4E7AD #FBF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD777 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#ECD777 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD777

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD777	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD777	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd777;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.119 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a0',
    500: '#ecd777',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd777;
$custom-light: #f4e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd777",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87666,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD777

secondary

#425AC5

accent

#32D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD777

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

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