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#ecd921

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

RGB
236, 217, 33
HSL
54°, 84%, 53%
CMYK
0, 8, 86, 8
Luminance
0.6757

Every format

HEX#ecd921
RGBrgb(236, 217, 33)
HSLhsl(54, 84%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 86%, 8%)
LABlab(85.8 -10.6 81.4)
LCHlch(85.8 82.1 97.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.874 0.178 102.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ecd921;
background-color: #ecd921;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecd921] bg-[#ecd921]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecd921;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.851, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ecd921")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecd921 on white: 1.45:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecd921 on black: 14.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green85.1%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta8.1%
Yellow86.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ecd921 text on a black background

contrast 14.51:1

Card sample

#ecd921 text on a white background

contrast 1.45:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecd921;
Background color
Panel with #ecd921 background
background-color: #ecd921;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecd921;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 217, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 217, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecd921;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd921, #77EC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecd921

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ecd921 in the Color Lab