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#ecd428

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

RGB
236, 212, 40
HSL
53°, 84%, 54%
CMYK
0, 10, 83, 8
Luminance
0.6507

Every format

HEX#ecd428
RGBrgb(236, 212, 40)
HSLhsl(53, 84%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 83%, 8%)
LABlab(84.5 -7.9 78.8)
LCHlch(84.5 79.2 95.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.864 0.172 100.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecd428;
background-color: #ecd428;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecd428] bg-[#ecd428]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecd428;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.831, blue: 0.157)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecd428")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecd428 on white: 1.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecd428 on black: 14.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green83.1%
Blue15.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.2%
Yellow83.1%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecd428 text on a black background

contrast 14.01:1

Card sample

#ecd428 text on a white background

contrast 1.50:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecd428;
Background color
Panel with #ecd428 background
background-color: #ecd428;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecd428;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 212, 40, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 212, 40, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecd428;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd428, #81EC28);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecd428

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecd428 in the Color Lab