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#ecb40c

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

RGB
236, 180, 12
HSL
45°, 90%, 49%
CMYK
0, 24, 95, 8
Luminance
0.5050

Every format

HEX#ecb40c
RGBrgb(236, 180, 12)
HSLhsl(45, 90%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 95%, 8%)
LABlab(76.4 8.1 77.6)
LCHlch(76.4 78.0 84.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.799 0.162 85.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecb40c;
background-color: #ecb40c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecb40c] bg-[#ecb40c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecb40c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.706, blue: 0.047)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecb40c")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecb40c on white: 1.89:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecb40c on black: 11.10:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green70.6%
Blue4.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta23.7%
Yellow94.9%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecb40c text on a black background

contrast 11.10:1

Card sample

#ecb40c text on a white background

contrast 1.89:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecb40c;
Background color
Panel with #ecb40c background
background-color: #ecb40c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecb40c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 180, 12, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 180, 12, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecb40c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb40c, #8FEC0C);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecb40c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecb40c in the Color Lab