#ecc40c
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold
RGB
236, 196, 12
HSL
49°, 90%, 49%
CMYK
0, 17, 95, 8
Luminance
0.5734
Every format
| HEX | #ecc40c |
| RGB | rgb(236, 196, 12) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 90%, 49%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17%, 95%, 8%) |
| LAB | lab(80.4 -0.3 80.5) |
| LCH | lch(80.4 80.5 90.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.831 0.169 93.8) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ecc40c;
background-color: #ecc40c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecc40c] bg-[#ecc40c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecc40c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.769, blue: 0.047)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecc40c")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ecc40c on white: 1.68:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ecc40c on black: 12.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red92.5%
Green76.9%
Blue4.7%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta16.9%
Yellow94.9%
Key (black)7.5%
Color previews
#ecc40c text on a black background
contrast 12.47:1
Card sample
#ecc40c text on a white background
contrast 1.68:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ecc40c;
Background color
Panel with #ecc40c background
background-color: #ecc40c;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecc40c;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 196, 12, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 196, 12, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecc40c; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecc40c, #7FEC0C);