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#ec9d21

a balanced, electric orange · warm · closest name: orange

RGB
236, 157, 33
HSL
37°, 84%, 53%
CMYK
0, 34, 86, 8
Luminance
0.4206

Every format

HEX#ec9d21
RGBrgb(236, 157, 33)
HSLhsl(37, 84%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34%, 86%, 8%)
LABlab(70.9 20.6 69.4)
LCHlch(70.9 72.4 73.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.757 0.155 71.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ec9d21;
background-color: #ec9d21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ec9d21] bg-[#ec9d21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ec9d21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.616, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ec9d21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ec9d21 on white: 2.23:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ec9d21 on black: 9.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green61.6%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta33.5%
Yellow86.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ec9d21 text on a black background

contrast 9.41:1

Card sample

#ec9d21 text on a white background

contrast 2.23:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ec9d21;
Background color
Panel with #ec9d21 background
background-color: #ec9d21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ec9d21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 157, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 157, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ec9d21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec9d21, #B3EC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ec9d21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ec9d21 in the Color Lab