#ECDD77#ECDD77

#ECDD77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.125 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD77
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -8.06, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 52.11, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0239 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.125 101)
XYZ	xyz(63.7801, 70.8799, 27.7707)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD77 #7786EC

analogous

#ECA377 #ECDD77 #C0EC77

triadic

#ECDD77 #77ECDD #DD77EC

tetradic

#ECDD77 #77ECA3 #7786EC #EC77C0

square

#ECDD77 #77ECA3 #7786EC #EC77C0

split-complementary

#ECDD77 #77C0EC #A377EC

monochromatic

#CCB61D #E4D041 #ECDD77 #F4EAAD #FBF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#ECDD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD77

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD77	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.125 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a0',
    500: '#ecdd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd77;
$custom-light: #f4e7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88883,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.70878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD77

secondary

#4253C5

accent

#28D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD77

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

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