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#ecfd2a

a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Yellow

Token name suggestion: Signal Straw

RGB
236, 253, 42
HSL
65°, 98%, 58%
CMYK
7, 0, 83, 1
Luminance
0.8825

#ecfd2a is a balanced electric yellow, 65° on the wheel and 29/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.65:1). As text it scores 1.13:1 on white — use #737D01 instead. Nearest name is Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(65 98% 58%)rgb(236 253 42)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ecfd2a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ecfd2a
Hue
65°
yellow
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
58%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8825
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
29/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.65:1
Closest name
Yellow
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
91.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.950
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.9
Web-safe
#FFFF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue65° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness58%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ecfd2a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool29% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red20%
Green80%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ecfd2a
HEX (8-digit)#ecfd2aff
RGBrgb(236, 253, 42)
RGBArgba(236, 253, 42, 1)
HSLhsl(65, 98%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 83%, 99%)
HWBhwb(65 16% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 0%, 83%, 1%)
LABlab(95.3 -27.8 87.3)
LCHlch(95.3 91.7 107.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.950 0.207 114.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.14, 88.25, 15.53)
Decimal15531306
Display P3color(display-p3 0.925 0.992 0.165)
Web-safe#FFFF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ecfd2a;
background-color: #ecfd2a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ecfd2a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecfd2a] bg-[#ecfd2a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecfd2a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.992, blue: 0.165)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.925, green: 0.992, blue: 0.165, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ECFD2A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFECFD2A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFECFD2A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(42, 253, 236)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(236, 253, 42)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(236, 253, 42)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 236, 253, 42)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9255f, 0.9922f, 0.1647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{236,253,42}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ecfd2a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ecfd2a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#747E01, #ECEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ecfd2a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCFDF1;
  --brand-100: #FAFCE3;
  --brand-200: #F6FBC1;
  --brand-300: #F5FE90;
  --brand-400: #F0FD58;
  --brand-500: #ecfd2a;
  --brand-600: #DFF202;
  --brand-700: #BACA02;
  --brand-800: #95A202;
  --brand-900: #6C7406;
  --brand-950: #434904;
  --brand: #ecfd2a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #E9FD06;
  --brand-pressed: #CCDD02;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #ECEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCFDF1',
        100: '#FAFCE3',
        200: '#F6FBC1',
        300: '#F5FE90',
        400: '#F0FD58',
        500: '#ecfd2a',
        600: '#DFF202',
        700: '#BACA02',
        800: '#95A202',
        900: '#6C7406',
        950: '#434904',
        DEFAULT: '#ecfd2a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCFDF1,
  '100': #FAFCE3,
  '200': #F6FBC1,
  '300': #F5FE90,
  '400': #F0FD58,
  '500': #ecfd2a,
  '600': #DFF202,
  '700': #BACA02,
  '800': #95A202,
  '900': #6C7406,
  '950': #434904,
);
$brand-base: #ecfd2a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCFDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAFCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6FBC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F5FE90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F0FD58", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#ecfd2a", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DFF202", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BACA02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#95A202", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6C7406", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#434904", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #ecfd2a · 18.65:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.65:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ecfd2a as text scores 1.13:1 on white and 18.65:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #747E01 at 3.95:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#737D01 · 4.50:1
AA on white−33% L
#737D01
The quick fox
#535A01 · 7.42:1
AAA on white−40% L
#535A01
The quick fox
#ecfd2a · 18.65:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ecfd2a
The quick fox
#ecfd2a · 18.65:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ecfd2a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8F9C01 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ecfd2a on white: 1.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecfd2a on black: 18.65:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ecfd2a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ecfd2a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.13:1AaAa
Slate 501.08:1AaAa
Slate 1001.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4002.28:1AaAa
Slate 5004.23:1AaAa
Slate 6006.73:1AaAa
Slate 7009.20:1AaAa
Slate 80012.99:1AaAa
Slate 90015.85:1AaAa
Black18.65:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF000
deuteranopia · #FFF342
tritanopia · #FCEED8

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ecfd2a is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCFDF1
#FAFCE3
#F6FBC1
#F5FE90
#F0FD58
#ecfd2a
#DFF202
#BACA02
#95A202
#6C7406
#434904
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FCFDF1Darkest = 950 · #434904Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.052 114.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.083 114.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.124 114.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.161 114.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.190 114.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.207 114.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.207 114.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.194 114.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.174 114.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.145 114.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.114 114.7);
}

Colors that work with #ecfd2a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#949B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#284CFF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#747E01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDFFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E9FD06
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CCDD02
Two steps down
Disabled#D5D7C0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EFFF3C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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Data
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Acme LtdActive
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GlobexActive

How to use #ecfd2a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #747E01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8F9C01

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight42/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#3B2AFD
Analogous left#FDA42A
Analogous right#82FD2A
Split-complement 1#2A82FD
Split-complement 2#A42AFD
Triadic 1#2AECFD
Triadic 2#FD2AEC
Tetradic#2AFDA4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°65°

#ecfd2a sits at 65°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green99.2%
Blue16.5%
R · 0–255
236
0xec
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
42
0x2a

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow83.4%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 91%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ecfd2a text on a black background

contrast 18.65:1

Card sample

#ecfd2a text on a white background

contrast 1.13:1

Card sample

#ecfd2a on grey

1.03:1

#ecfd2a on its own surface

1.07:1

#ecfd2a on its dark surface

13.98:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecfd2a;
Background color
Panel with #ecfd2a background
background-color: #ecfd2a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecfd2a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 253, 42, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 253, 42, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecfd2a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecfd2a, #5FFD2A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ecfd2a, #2BFD2A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ecfd2a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ecfd2a;
caret-color: #ecfd2a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ecfd2a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDFFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ecfd2a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ecfd2a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ecfd2a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(236, 253, 42, 0.5)
rgb(236 253 42 / 50%)
#ecfd2a80
hsl(65 98% 58% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ecfd2a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ecfd2a1a#FDFFEA
20%#ecfd2a33#FBFFD4
40%#ecfd2a66#F7FEAA
60%#ecfd2a99#F4FE7F
80%#ecfd2acc#F0FD55

Gradients from #ecfd2a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1FE66, #ecfd2a 45%, #747E01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ecfd2a, #35FD0C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ecfd2a, #3B2AFD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F4FE85 0%, #ecfd2a 45%, #747E01 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FDAC5C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #85FD48 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #747E01 0%, transparent 65%), #ecfd2a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecfd2a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ecfd2a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.65:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ecfd2a, answered

What color is #ecfd2a?

#ecfd2a is a balanced electric yellow, closest to Yellow (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 65° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 58% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ecfd2a?

rgb(236, 253, 42) — 236 red, 253 green and 42 blue out of 255, or 92.5% / 99.2% / 16.5% by channel.

What is #ecfd2a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(65, 98%, 58%) and hsv(65, 83%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ecfd2a a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8825 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 18.65:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ecfd2a?

Black. It scores 18.65:1 against #ecfd2a, versus 1.13:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ecfd2a accessible on a white background?

#ecfd2a on white scores 1.13:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #737D01 to reach 4.5:1, or #535A01 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ecfd2a?

#3B2AFD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2A82FD and #A42AFD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ecfd2a?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E9EDC0 for borders, #949B4B for secondary text, #284CFF as an accent and #747E01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FDA42A and #82FD2A stays calm, while #3B2AFD is the loudest partner.

What is #ecfd2a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(7%, 0%, 83%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #ecfd2a warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 29 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FDC32A; nudged cooler, #9FFF28.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ecfd2a?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ecfd2a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ecfd2a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ecfd2a] or text-[#ecfd2a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ecfd2a with 50% opacity?

rgba(236, 253, 42, 0.5), or #ecfd2a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6FE95; over black, #767F15.

Is #ecfd2a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF33, ΔE2000 3.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ecfd2a mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #ecfd2a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1FE66, #ecfd2a 45%, #747E01). For more colour, a short hue run to #35FD0C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ecfd2a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ecfd2a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.