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#ece40c

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

RGB
236, 228, 12
HSL
58°, 90%, 49%
CMYK
0, 3, 95, 8
Luminance
0.7335

Every format

HEX#ece40c
RGBrgb(236, 228, 12)
HSLhsl(58, 90%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 95%, 8%)
LABlab(88.6 -16.4 86.6)
LCHlch(88.6 88.1 100.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.896 0.191 107.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ece40c;
background-color: #ece40c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ece40c] bg-[#ece40c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ece40c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.894, blue: 0.047)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ece40c")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ece40c on white: 1.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ece40c on black: 15.67:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green89.4%
Blue4.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta3.4%
Yellow94.9%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ece40c text on a black background

contrast 15.67:1

Card sample

#ece40c text on a white background

contrast 1.34:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ece40c;
Background color
Panel with #ece40c background
background-color: #ece40c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ece40c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 228, 12, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 228, 12, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ece40c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ece40c, #5EEC0C);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ece40c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ece40c in the Color Lab