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#ecba28

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

RGB
236, 186, 40
HSL
45°, 84%, 54%
CMYK
0, 21, 83, 8
Luminance
0.5310

Every format

HEX#ecba28
RGBrgb(236, 186, 40)
HSLhsl(45, 84%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21%, 83%, 8%)
LABlab(77.9 5.4 73.3)
LCHlch(77.9 73.5 85.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.812 0.157 87.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecba28;
background-color: #ecba28;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecba28] bg-[#ecba28]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecba28;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.729, blue: 0.157)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecba28")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecba28 on white: 1.81:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecba28 on black: 11.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green72.9%
Blue15.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta21.2%
Yellow83.1%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecba28 text on a black background

contrast 11.62:1

Card sample

#ecba28 text on a white background

contrast 1.81:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecba28;
Background color
Panel with #ecba28 background
background-color: #ecba28;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecba28;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 186, 40, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 186, 40, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecba28;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecba28, #9BEC28);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecba28

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecba28 in the Color Lab