#ECDE77#ECDE77

#ECDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.126 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE77
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -8.56, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 52.50, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0253 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.126 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0450, 71.4095, 27.8590)
Luminance	0.7141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE77 #7785EC

analogous

#ECA477 #ECDE77 #BFEC77

triadic

#ECDE77 #77ECDE #DE77EC

tetradic

#ECDE77 #77ECA4 #7785EC #EC77BF

square

#ECDE77 #77ECA4 #7785EC #EC77BF

split-complementary

#ECDE77 #77BFEC #A477EC

monochromatic

#CCB71D #E4D141 #ECDE77 #F4EBAD #FBF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#ECDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE77

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE77	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.126 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e8a0',
    500: '#ecde77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde77;
$custom-light: #f4e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89087,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE77

secondary

#4252C5

accent

#26D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE77

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

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