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#ecdd49

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

RGB
236, 221, 73
HSL
55°, 81%, 61%
CMYK
0, 6, 69, 8
Luminance
0.7003

Every format

HEX#ecdd49
RGBrgb(236, 221, 73)
HSLhsl(55, 81%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 69%, 8%)
LABlab(87.0 -11.2 70.8)
LCHlch(87.0 71.7 99.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.884 0.162 103.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecdd49;
background-color: #ecdd49;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecdd49] bg-[#ecdd49]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecdd49;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.867, blue: 0.286)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecdd49")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecdd49 on white: 1.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecdd49 on black: 15.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green86.7%
Blue28.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta6.4%
Yellow69.1%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecdd49 text on a black background

contrast 15.01:1

Card sample

#ecdd49 text on a white background

contrast 1.40:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecdd49;
Background color
Panel with #ecdd49 background
background-color: #ecdd49;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecdd49;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 221, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 221, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecdd49;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecdd49, #8EEC49);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecdd49

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecdd49 in the Color Lab