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#ecba2b

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

RGB
236, 186, 43
HSL
45°, 84%, 55%
CMYK
0, 21, 82, 8
Luminance
0.5313

Every format

HEX#ecba2b
RGBrgb(236, 186, 43)
HSLhsl(45, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21%, 82%, 8%)
LABlab(78.0 5.5 72.5)
LCHlch(78.0 72.7 85.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.812 0.156 87.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecba2b;
background-color: #ecba2b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecba2b] bg-[#ecba2b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecba2b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.729, blue: 0.169)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecba2b")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecba2b on white: 1.81:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecba2b on black: 11.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green72.9%
Blue16.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta21.2%
Yellow81.8%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecba2b text on a black background

contrast 11.63:1

Card sample

#ecba2b text on a white background

contrast 1.81:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecba2b;
Background color
Panel with #ecba2b background
background-color: #ecba2b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecba2b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 186, 43, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 186, 43, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecba2b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecba2b, #9DEC2B);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecba2b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecba2b in the Color Lab