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#ecad40

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

RGB
236, 173, 64
HSL
38°, 82%, 59%
CMYK
0, 27, 73, 8
Luminance
0.4809

Every format

HEX#ecad40
RGBrgb(236, 173, 64)
HSLhsl(38, 82%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 73%, 8%)
LABlab(74.9 13.1 62.2)
LCHlch(74.9 63.6 78.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.788 0.141 77.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecad40;
background-color: #ecad40;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecad40] bg-[#ecad40]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecad40;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.678, blue: 0.251)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecad40")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecad40 on white: 1.98:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecad40 on black: 10.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green67.8%
Blue25.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta26.7%
Yellow72.9%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecad40 text on a black background

contrast 10.62:1

Card sample

#ecad40 text on a white background

contrast 1.98:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecad40;
Background color
Panel with #ecad40 background
background-color: #ecad40;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecad40;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 173, 64, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 173, 64, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecad40;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecad40, #B8EC40);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecad40

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecad40 in the Color Lab