#ECD977#ECD977

#ECD977 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD977
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -6.04, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 50.61, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.018 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.7366, 68.7928, 27.4229)
Luminance	0.6879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD977 #778AEC

analogous

#EC9E77 #ECD977 #C5EC77

triadic

#ECD977 #77ECD9 #D977EC

tetradic

#ECD977 #77EC9E #778AEC #EC77C5

square

#ECD977 #77EC9E #778AEC #EC77C5

split-complementary

#ECD977 #77C5EC #9E77EC

monochromatic

#CCB01D #E4CA41 #ECD977 #F4E8AD #FBF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#ECD977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD977

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD977	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a0',
    500: '#ecd977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd977;
$custom-light: #f4e4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88071,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD977

secondary

#4258C5

accent

#2FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD977

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

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