#ffe424
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold
RGB
255, 228, 36
HSL
53°, 100%, 57%
CMYK
0, 11, 86, 0
Luminance
0.7687
Every format
| HEX | #ffe424 |
| RGB | rgb(255, 228, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 100%, 57%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 86%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(90.3 -8.0 85.1) |
| LCH | lch(90.3 85.5 95.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.913 0.184 100.2) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffe424;
background-color: #ffe424;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffe424] bg-[#ffe424]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffe424;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.894, blue: 0.141)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffe424")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffe424 on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffe424 on black: 16.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green89.4%
Blue14.1%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.6%
Yellow85.9%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffe424 text on a black background
contrast 16.37:1
Card sample
#ffe424 text on a white background
contrast 1.28:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffe424;
Background color
Panel with #ffe424 background
background-color: #ffe424;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffe424;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 228, 36, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 228, 36, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffe424; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe424, #88FF24);