#e2c521
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold
RGB
226, 197, 33
HSL
51°, 77%, 51%
CMYK
0, 13, 85, 11
Luminance
0.5621
Every format
| HEX | #e2c521 |
| RGB | rgb(226, 197, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 77%, 51%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13%, 85%, 11%) |
| LAB | lab(79.7 -4.7 76.1) |
| LCH | lch(79.7 76.3 93.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.824 0.164 97.9) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #e2c521;
background-color: #e2c521;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e2c521] bg-[#e2c521]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e2c521;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.886, green: 0.773, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#e2c521")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#e2c521 on white: 1.72:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#e2c521 on black: 12.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red88.6%
Green77.3%
Blue12.9%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta12.8%
Yellow85.4%
Key (black)11.4%
Color previews
#e2c521 text on a black background
contrast 12.24:1
Card sample
#e2c521 text on a white background
contrast 1.72:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #e2c521;
Background color
Panel with #e2c521 background
background-color: #e2c521;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e2c521;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(226, 197, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(226, 197, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e2c521; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2c521, #7EE221);