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#EECC77 — Light Vivid Yellow

#EECC77 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid 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 #EECC77 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.

#EECC77 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 #7799EE; it also sits naturally between #EE9177 and #D4EE77. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EECC77 · RGB 238, 204, 119

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Color values

HEX#EECC77
RGB238, 204, 119
HSL43°, 78%, 70%
HSV43°, 50%, 93%
CMYK0%, 14%, 50%, 7%
XYZ60.18, 62.69, 26.38
Yxy62.69, 0.4032, 0.4200
CIE-Lab83.28, 1.41, 46.49
Hunter Lab79.18, 1.36, 32.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 80% · Blue 47%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 50% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EECC77 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EECC77 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EECC77

.text { color: #EECC77; }
.background { background-color: #EECC77; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EECC77; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 204, 119); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 78%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EECC77; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 204, 119, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EECC77; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 204, 119, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EECC77">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EECC77">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EECC77

#EAC157#E7B63C#E3AB1C#C89619#A87E15#886611#6D520D#4D3A0A#322606#120E02

Tints of #EECC77

#F0D184#F1D58E#F3DA9B#F4DDA4#F5E2B2#F7E7BF#F8EBC9#FAF0D6#FBF3DF#FDF8ED

Tones of #EECC77

#E6C97F#DDC588#D5C190#CCBD99#C3BAA2#BBB6AA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7799EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.54:1 AAA

Best text color on #EECC77: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EECC77

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EECC77: ·

How #EECC77 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DFDF8CDeuteranopia · #E1E491Tritanopia · #EC9C9F

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EECC77 rather than the exact color:

Palette 8a8635
#8A8635 · #AA2B1D · #CC561E · #F3CF7A
Palette A34343
#A34343 · #E9C874 · #FBF8DD · #C0D6E8
Tender Aurora
#B76818 · #ECC673 · #388EE4 · #96B4EA
Palette E8c872
#E8C872 · #FFF3CF · #C9D7DD · #637A9F
Palette C44a3a
#C44A3A · #D97A2B · #F2D479 · #6FAF4F
Palette 876445
#876445 · #CA965C · #EEC373 · #F4DFBA

Similar colors

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

#F3CF7A#E9C874#ECC673#E8C872#F2D479#EEC373#F6CE71#F9CC7B#E3C878#E9D777#F3D26D#E7D37F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EECC76  ·  #EECC78 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EECC77?

#EECC77 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 204, 119). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EECC77?

#EECC77 is RGB 238, 204, 119 — HSL 43°, 78%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 50%, 7%.

What colors go with #EECC77?

Its complement is #7799EE; analogous partners are #EE9177 and #D4EE77. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EECC77 for text?

Black text on #EECC77 has a contrast ratio of 13.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.