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#ecad21

a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: orange

RGB
236, 173, 33
HSL
41°, 84%, 53%
CMYK
0, 27, 86, 8
Luminance
0.4783

Every format

HEX#ecad21
RGBrgb(236, 173, 33)
HSLhsl(41, 84%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 86%, 8%)
LABlab(74.7 12.1 72.5)
LCHlch(74.7 73.5 80.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.786 0.155 80.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecad21;
background-color: #ecad21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecad21] bg-[#ecad21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecad21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.678, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecad21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecad21 on white: 1.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecad21 on black: 10.57:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green67.8%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta26.7%
Yellow86.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecad21 text on a black background

contrast 10.57:1

Card sample

#ecad21 text on a white background

contrast 1.99:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecad21;
Background color
Panel with #ecad21 background
background-color: #ecad21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecad21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 173, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 173, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecad21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecad21, #A3EC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecad21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecad21 in the Color Lab