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#e7cd2d

a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
231, 205, 45
HSL
52°, 80%, 54%
CMYK
0, 11, 81, 9
Luminance
0.6084

Every format

HEX#e7cd2d
RGBrgb(231, 205, 45)
HSLhsl(52, 80%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11%, 81%, 9%)
LABlab(82.3 -6.4 75.4)
LCHlch(82.3 75.7 94.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.845 0.165 99.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #e7cd2d;
background-color: #e7cd2d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e7cd2d] bg-[#e7cd2d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e7cd2d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.906, green: 0.804, blue: 0.176)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#e7cd2d")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#e7cd2d on white: 1.59:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e7cd2d on black: 13.17:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red90.6%
Green80.4%
Blue17.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta11.3%
Yellow80.5%
Key (black)9.4%

Color previews

#e7cd2d text on a black background

contrast 13.17:1

Card sample

#e7cd2d text on a white background

contrast 1.59:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e7cd2d;
Background color
Panel with #e7cd2d background
background-color: #e7cd2d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e7cd2d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(231, 205, 45, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(231, 205, 45, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e7cd2d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7cd2d, #85E72D);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e7cd2d

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #e7cd2d in the Color Lab