#ffe40c
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold
RGB
255, 228, 12
HSL
53°, 100%, 52%
CMYK
0, 11, 95, 0
Luminance
0.7677
Every format
| HEX | #ffe40c |
| RGB | rgb(255, 228, 12) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 100%, 52%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 95%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(90.2 -8.3 88.5) |
| LCH | lch(90.2 88.9 95.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.913 0.189 100.6) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffe40c;
background-color: #ffe40c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffe40c] bg-[#ffe40c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffe40c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.894, blue: 0.047)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffe40c")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffe40c on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffe40c on black: 16.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
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RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green89.4%
Blue4.7%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.6%
Yellow95.3%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffe40c text on a black background
contrast 16.35:1
Card sample
#ffe40c text on a white background
contrast 1.28:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffe40c;
Background color
Panel with #ffe40c background
background-color: #ffe40c;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffe40c;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 228, 12, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 228, 12, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffe40c; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe40c, #78FF0C);