#ECEE77#ECEE77

#ECEE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.142 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE77
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 119)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 50%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -16.49, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 59.07, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.048 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.142 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.4979, 80.3154, 29.3433)
Luminance	0.8031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE77 #7977EE

analogous

#EEB477 #ECEE77 #B1EE77

triadic

#ECEE77 #77ECEE #EE77EC

tetradic

#ECEE77 #77EEB4 #7977EE #EE77B1

square

#ECEE77 #77EEB4 #7977EE #EE77B1

split-complementary

#ECEE77 #77B1EE #B477EE

monochromatic

#CDD11A #E4E741 #ECEE77 #F4F5AD #FBFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECEE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#ECEE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE77

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE77	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.142 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3a1',
    500: '#ecee77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee77;
$custom-light: #f4f3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92381,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE77

secondary

#4442C7

accent

#0BDA0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE77

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

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