#ECD77E#ECD77E

#ECD77E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.112 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD77E
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 126)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -4.39, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 46.55, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0126 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.112 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6602, 67.9424, 29.5482)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD77E #7E93EC

analogous

#ECA07E #ECD77E #CAEC7E

triadic

#ECD77E #7EECD7 #D77EEC

tetradic

#ECD77E #7EECA0 #7E93EC #EC7ECA

square

#ECD77E #7EECA0 #7E93EC #EC7ECA

split-complementary

#ECD77E #7ECAEC #A07EEC

monochromatic

#D1AF1F #E4C649 #ECD77E #F4E8B3 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#ECD77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD77E

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD77E	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.112 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a5',
    500: '#ecd77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd77e;
$custom-light: #f4e3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87763,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD77E

secondary

#4961C5

accent

#35D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD77E

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

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