#ECD87F

sRGB · 236 / 216 / 127

#ECD87F belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 216 green and 127 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 49.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 74.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 216, 127
HSL: 48.99°, 74.15%, 71.18%
HSV / HSB: 48.99°, 46.19%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.47%, 46.19%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.976, 68.478, 29.980
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.245, -4.812, 46.181
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68477
24-bit decimal: 15521919

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ECD87F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 14.70:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.43:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#7F93EC sits half a turn (180°) from #ECD87F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ECD87F #7F93EC

Analogous

#ECA27F and #C9EC7F sit 30° to either side of #ECD87F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#ECA27F #ECD87F #C9EC7F

Triadic

#ECD87F, #7FECD8 and #D87FEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECD87F #7FECD8 #D87FEC

Split complementary

Start at #ECD87F and look across the wheel. #7FCAEC and #A27FEC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECD87F #7FCAEC #A27FEC

Square

Starting with #ECD87F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #7FECA2, #7F93EC, then #EC7FCA. Across the square, #ECD87F pairs with #7F93EC, and #7FECA2 with #EC7FCA.

#ECD87F #7FECA2 #7F93EC #EC7FCA

Tetradic

#ECD87F and #7F93EC are opposites, as are #93EC7F and #D87FEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECD87F #93EC7F #7F93EC #D87FEC

Tints

Mixing #ECD87F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0E099, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF7E5, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECD87F #F0E099 #F4E8B2 #F7EFCC #FBF7E5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECD87F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDAD66, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2B19, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECD87F #BDAD66 #8E824C #5E5633 #2F2B19 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECD87F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C67F, keeps 80% of the original. By #969280, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECD87F #D6C67F #C1B57F #ABA380 #969280 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ECD87F

RGB

rgb(236 216 127)

HSL

hsl(48.991 74.150% 71.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ECD87F;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECD87F uses 236 red, 216 green and 127 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 84.7%

Blue 49.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECD87F is 0.0% cyan, 8.5% magenta, 46.2% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.5%

Yellow 46.2%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDD77. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ED7 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ECD87F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EEDD77 Nearest web-safe · #FFCC66

Gradient to complement

#ECD87F #DACD91 #C8C1A3 #B6B6B6 #A3AAC8 #919FDA #7F93EC

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECD87F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E8D478

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#EDDB83

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FBCCC3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EAD67B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EDD981

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFD59C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D8D8D8

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E2D8B3

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.83880 G 0.68669 B 0.21223

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.91221 G 0.84982 B 0.54423

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.81179 G 0.69173 B 0.25728

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.390 y 0.424 Y 68.478

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.451 M % 15.294 Y % 50.196

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101100 11011000 01111111