#ECE77A#ECE77A

#ECE77A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.132 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE77A
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -12.79, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 54.72, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0371 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.132 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.6824, 76.3916, 29.6410)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE77A #7A7FEC

analogous

#ECAE7A #ECE77A #B8EC7A

triadic

#ECE77A #7AECE7 #E77AEC

tetradic

#ECE77A #7AECAE #7A7FEC #EC7AB8

square

#ECE77A #7AECAE #7A7FEC #EC7AB8

split-complementary

#ECE77A #7AB8EC #AE7AEC

monochromatic

#CEC61D #E4DD44 #ECE77A #F4F1B0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE77A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#ECE77A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE77A

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE77A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE77A	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece77a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.132 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eea3',
    500: '#ece77a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece77a;
$custom-light: #f4eea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece77a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9097,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE77A

secondary

#454BC5

accent

#17D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE77A

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

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