#ECEA77#ECEA77

#ECEA77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.138 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA77
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 49.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -14.53, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 57.36, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0424 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.138 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.3463, 78.0121, 28.9594)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA77 #7779EC

analogous

#ECAF77 #ECEA77 #B4EC77

triadic

#ECEA77 #77ECEA #EA77EC

tetradic

#ECEA77 #77ECAF #7779EC #EC77B4

square

#ECEA77 #77ECAF #7779EC #EC77B4

split-complementary

#ECEA77 #77B4EC #AF77EC

monochromatic

#CCC91D #E4E241 #ECEA77 #F4F2AD #FBFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEA77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#ECEA77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA77

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA77	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.138 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0a1',
    500: '#ecea77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea77;
$custom-light: #f4f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 75.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91552,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA77

secondary

#4245C5

accent

#11D80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA77

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

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