#ECD877#ECD877

#ECD877 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.120 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD877
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -5.54, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 50.25, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0166 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.12 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4796, 68.2789, 27.3372)
Luminance	0.6828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD877 #778BEC

analogous

#EC9E77 #ECD877 #C5EC77

triadic

#ECD877 #77ECD8 #D877EC

tetradic

#ECD877 #77EC9E #778BEC #EC77C5

square

#ECD877 #77EC9E #778BEC #EC77C5

split-complementary

#ECD877 #77C5EC #9E77EC

monochromatic

#CCAE1D #E4C941 #ECD877 #F4E7AD #FBF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#ECD877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD877

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD877	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.120 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a0',
    500: '#ecd877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd877;
$custom-light: #f4e3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87868,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD877

secondary

#4259C5

accent

#30D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD877

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

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