#ECE77D#ECE77D

#ECE77D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE77D
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -12.52, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 53.33, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0361 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.8712, 76.4671, 30.6351)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE77D #7D82EC

analogous

#ECAF7D #ECE77D #B9EC7D

triadic

#ECE77D #7DECE7 #E77DEC

tetradic

#ECE77D #7DECAF #7D82EC #EC7DB9

square

#ECE77D #7DECAF #7D82EC #EC7DB9

split-complementary

#ECE77D #7DB9EC #AF7DEC

monochromatic

#D0C81E #E4DD48 #ECE77D #F4F1B2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE77D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#ECE77D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE77D

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE77D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE77D	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eea5',
    500: '#ece77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece77d;
$custom-light: #f4eea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91009,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE77D

secondary

#484DC5

accent

#18D70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE77D

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

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