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#ECD87F

#ecd87f ≈ Buff

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ecd87f is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 84.71% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.47% magenta, 46.19% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 48.99°, with 74.15% saturation and 71.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Buff (#f0dc82), ΔE 0.91.

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Web safe#ffcc66
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Relative luminance0.6848

Complementary

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #7f93ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #7fcaec
  3. #a27fec

Analogous

  1. #eca27f
  2. #ecd87f
  3. #caec7f

Triadic

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #7fecd8
  3. #d87fec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #93ec7f
  3. #7f93ec
  4. #d87fec

Square

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #7feca2
  3. #7f93ec
  4. #ec7fca

Monochromatic

  1. #b79a1b
  2. #e2c43c
  3. #ecd87f
  4. #f6ecc2
  5. #fcfaed

Shades

#ecd87f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #d4c272
  3. #bdad66
  4. #a59759
  5. #8e824c
  6. #766c40
  7. #5e5633
  8. #474126
  9. #2f2b19
  10. #18160d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd87f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #eedc8c
  3. #f0e099
  4. #f2e4a5
  5. #f4e8b2
  6. #f6ecbf
  7. #f7efcc
  8. #f9f3d9
  9. #fbf7e5
  10. #fdfbf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd87f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd87f
  2. #e1cf7f
  3. #d6c67f
  4. #ccbe7f
  5. #c1b57f
  6. #b6ac80
  7. #aba380
  8. #a09a80
  9. #969280
  10. #8b8980
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0d8bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e8d478 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eddb83 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fbccc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ead57b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #edda81 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5d1ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd87f {
  color: #ecd87f;
}
Background
.bg-ecd87f {
  background-color: #ecd87f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd87f {
  border: 2px solid #ecd87f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd87f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 216 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 74% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd87f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd87f, #caec7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd87f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 216 127 / 0.35);
}

#f0dc82 Buff ΔE 0.91 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 1.02 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 2.41 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 3.56 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.92 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 5.43 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 6.56 #132780 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Buff
#ecd87f  rgb(236, 216, 127)  hsl(49, 74%, 71%)  Buff
#7f93ec  rgb(127, 147, 236)  hsl(229, 74%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#7fecd8  rgb(127, 236, 216)  hsl(169, 74%, 71%)  Turquoise
#d87fec  rgb(216, 127, 236)  hsl(289, 74%, 71%)  Heliotrope