#ECD77B#ECD77B

#ECD77B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.115 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD77B
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 123)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -4.67, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 47.98, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0137 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.115 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4695, 67.8662, 28.5439)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD77B #7B90EC

analogous

#EC9F7B #ECD77B #C8EC7B

triadic

#ECD77B #7BECD7 #D77BEC

tetradic

#ECD77B #7BEC9F #7B90EC #EC7BC8

square

#ECD77B #7BEC9F #7B90EC #EC7BC8

split-complementary

#ECD77B #7BC8EC #9F7BEC

monochromatic

#CFAE1E #E4C746 #ECD77B #F4E7B0 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD77B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#ECD77B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD77B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD77B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD77B	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd77b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.115 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a3',
    500: '#ecd77b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd77b;
$custom-light: #f4e3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd77b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87721,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD77B

secondary

#465EC5

accent

#34D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD77B

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

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