#e3aa21
a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: orange
RGB
227, 170, 33
HSL
42°, 78%, 51%
CMYK
0, 25, 86, 11
Luminance
0.4519
Every format
| HEX | #e3aa21 |
| RGB | rgb(227, 170, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 78%, 51%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 25%, 86%, 11%) |
| LAB | lab(73.0 9.8 70.7) |
| LCH | lch(73.0 71.4 82.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.771 0.151 82.9) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #e3aa21;
background-color: #e3aa21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e3aa21] bg-[#e3aa21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e3aa21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.890, green: 0.667, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#e3aa21")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#e3aa21 on white: 2.09:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#e3aa21 on black: 10.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red89.0%
Green66.7%
Blue12.9%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta25.1%
Yellow85.5%
Key (black)11.0%
Color previews
#e3aa21 text on a black background
contrast 10.04:1
Card sample
#e3aa21 text on a white background
contrast 2.09:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #e3aa21;
Background color
Panel with #e3aa21 background
background-color: #e3aa21;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e3aa21;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(227, 170, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(227, 170, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e3aa21; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e3aa21, #9BE321);