Palettes / Colors / #EBCC77

#EBCC77 — Light Yellow

#EBCC77 is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EBCC77 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EBCC77 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #7595EA; it also sits naturally between #EA9175 and #CFEA75. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 80% · Blue 47%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 49% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #EBCC77

.text { color: #EBCC77; }
.background { background-color: #EBCC77; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBCC77; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 204, 119); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 74%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBCC77; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 204, 119, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBCC77; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 204, 119, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBCC77">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBCC77">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBCC77

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #7595EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBCC77: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBCC77

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #EBCC77 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBCC77 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBCC76  ·  #EBCC78 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBCC77?

#EBCC77 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 204, 119). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBCC77?

#EBCC77 is RGB 235, 204, 119 — HSL 44°, 74%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 49%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBCC77?

Its complement is #7595EA; analogous partners are #EA9175 and #CFEA75. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBCC77 for text?

Black text on #EBCC77 has a contrast ratio of 13.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.