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#d7ec67

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Meadow Citron

RGB
215, 236, 103
HSL
70°, 78%, 67%
CMYK
9, 0, 56, 8
Luminance
0.7542

#d7ec67 is a light electric yellow, 70° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.08:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #6B7D10 instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(70 78% 67%)rgb(215 236 103)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7ec67 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7ec67
Hue
70°
yellow
Saturation
78%
electric
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7542
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.08:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 8.5
Chroma
65.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.902
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 12.6
Web-safe
#CCFF66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue70° of 360°
Saturation78%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7ec67.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green80%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d7ec67
HEX (8-digit)#d7ec67ff
RGBrgb(215, 236, 103)
RGBArgba(215, 236, 103, 1)
HSLhsl(70, 78%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69, 56%, 93%)
HWBhwb(70 40% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 56%, 8%)
LABlab(89.6 -25.1 60.9)
LCHlch(89.6 65.9 112.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.902 0.159 117.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.47, 75.42, 24.20)
Decimal14150759
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.925 0.404)
Web-safe#CCFF66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7ec67;
background-color: #d7ec67;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7ec67;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7ec67] bg-[#d7ec67]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7ec67;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.925, blue: 0.404)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.925, blue: 0.404, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7EC67</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7EC67)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7EC67)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(103, 236, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 236, 103)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 236, 103)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 236, 103)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.9255f, 0.4039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,236,103}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7ec67 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7ec67 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#62710E, #EAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7ec67 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBFCF3;
  --brand-100: #F6F9E6;
  --brand-200: #EDF5C7;
  --brand-300: #E5F39B;
  --brand-400: #d7ec67;
  --brand-500: #CAE638;
  --brand-600: #BBDA1B;
  --brand-700: #9CB517;
  --brand-800: #7D9112;
  --brand-900: #5B6911;
  --brand-950: #39420B;
  --brand: #d7ec67;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E6EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #CFE847;
  --brand-pressed: #C6E428;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFCF3',
        100: '#F6F9E6',
        200: '#EDF5C7',
        300: '#E5F39B',
        400: '#d7ec67',
        500: '#CAE638',
        600: '#BBDA1B',
        700: '#9CB517',
        800: '#7D9112',
        900: '#5B6911',
        950: '#39420B',
        DEFAULT: '#d7ec67',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFCF3,
  '100': #F6F9E6,
  '200': #EDF5C7,
  '300': #E5F39B,
  '400': #d7ec67,
  '500': #CAE638,
  '600': #BBDA1B,
  '700': #9CB517,
  '800': #7D9112,
  '900': #5B6911,
  '950': #39420B,
);
$brand-base: #d7ec67;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6F9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDF5C7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E5F39B", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d7ec67", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CAE638", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BBDA1B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9CB517", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7D9112", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B6911", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#39420B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d7ec67 · 16.08:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.08:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7ec67 as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 16.08:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #62710E at 4.14:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6B7D10 · 4.60:1
AA on white−39% L
#6B7D10
The quick fox
#505D0C · 7.21:1
AAA on white−46% L
#505D0C
The quick fox
#d7ec67 · 16.08:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7ec67
The quick fox
#d7ec67 · 16.08:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7ec67

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #879C14 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d7ec67 on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7ec67 on black: 16.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7ec67 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7ec67.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.25:1AaAa
Slate 1001.19:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.96:1AaAa
Slate 5003.64:1AaAa
Slate 6005.80:1AaAa
Slate 7007.93:1AaAa
Slate 80011.20:1AaAa
Slate 90013.67:1AaAa
Black16.08:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FAE159
deuteranopia · #F8E26F
tritanopia · #E3E0CF

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d7ec67 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBFCF3
#F6F9E6
#EDF5C7
#E5F39B
#d7ec67
#CAE638
#BBDA1B
#9CB517
#7D9112
#5B6911
#39420B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBFCF3Darkest = 950 · #39420BText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.040 117.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.064 117.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.095 117.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.124 117.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.146 117.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.159 117.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.159 117.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.149 117.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.134 117.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.111 117.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.087 117.2);
}

Colors that work with #d7ec67

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E6EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#6471EF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#62710E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9FCE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CFE847
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C6E428
Two steps down
Disabled#E6E8DB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E1F672
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d7ec67

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #62710E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #879C14

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight34/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7C67EC
Analogous left#ECBF67
Analogous right#95EC67
Split-complement 1#6795EC
Split-complement 2#BF67EC
Triadic 1#67D7EC
Triadic 2#EC67D7
Tetradic#67ECBF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°70°

#d7ec67 sits at 70°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green92.5%
Blue40.4%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
236
0xec
B · 0–255
103
0x67

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow56.4%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 73%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7ec67 text on a black background

contrast 16.08:1

Card sample

#d7ec67 text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#d7ec67 on grey

1.19:1

#d7ec67 on its own surface

1.24:1

#d7ec67 on its dark surface

12.09:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7ec67;
Background color
Panel with #d7ec67 background
background-color: #d7ec67;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7ec67;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 236, 103, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 236, 103, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7ec67;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7ec67, #7EEC67);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7ec67, #67EC71);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7ec67;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7ec67;
caret-color: #d7ec67;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7ec67;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9FCE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7ec67;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7ec67 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7ec67 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(215, 236, 103, 0.5)
rgb(215 236 103 / 50%)
#d7ec6780
hsl(70 78% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7ec67 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7ec671a#FBFDF0
20%#d7ec6733#F7FBE1
40%#d7ec6766#EFF7C2
60%#d7ec6799#E7F4A4
80%#d7ec67cc#DFF085

Gradients from #d7ec67

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5F39E, #d7ec67 45%, #62710E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7ec67, #5AE94C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7ec67, #7C67EC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ECF6B9 0%, #d7ec67 45%, #62710E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F2CA94 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9FEF82 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #62710E 0%, transparent 65%), #d7ec67;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7ec67

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d7ec67 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.08:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d7ec67, answered

What color is #d7ec67?

#d7ec67 is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 8.5). It sits at 70° on the hue wheel with 78% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d7ec67?

rgb(215, 236, 103) — 215 red, 236 green and 103 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 92.5% / 40.4% by channel.

What is #d7ec67 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(70, 78%, 67%) and hsv(69, 56%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7ec67 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7542 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 16.08:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7ec67?

Black. It scores 16.08:1 against #d7ec67, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7ec67 accessible on a white background?

#d7ec67 on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6B7D10 to reach 4.5:1, or #505D0C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7ec67?

#7C67EC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6795EC and #BF67EC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7ec67?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E6EDC0 for borders, #8E9B4B for secondary text, #6471EF as an accent and #62710E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #ECBF67 and #95EC67 stays calm, while #7C67EC is the loudest partner.

What is #d7ec67 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(9%, 0%, 56%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #d7ec67 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECD067; nudged cooler, #A6EE65.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7ec67?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 12.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7ec67 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7ec67 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7ec67] or text-[#d7ec67], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d7ec67 with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 236, 103, 0.5), or #d7ec6780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBF6B3; over black, #6C7634.

Is #d7ec67 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF66, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7ec67 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d7ec67?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5F39E, #d7ec67 45%, #62710E). For more colour, a short hue run to #5AE94C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7ec67 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7ec67 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.