Palettes / Colors / #ECAA04

#ECAA04 — Vivid Yellow

#ECAA04 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

#ECAA04 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0445EC; it also sits naturally between #EC3604 and #BAEC04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 98% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #ECAA04

.text { color: #ECAA04; }
.background { background-color: #ECAA04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECAA04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 170, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 97%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECAA04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 170, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECAA04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 170, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECAA04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECAA04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECAA04

Tints of #ECAA04

Tones of #ECAA04

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0445EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECAA04: #000000.

How #ECAA04 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECAA04 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECAA03  ·  #ECAA05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECAA04?

#ECAA04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 170, 4). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECAA04?

#ECAA04 is RGB 236, 170, 4 — HSL 43°, 97%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 98%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECAA04?

Its complement is #0445EC; analogous partners are #EC3604 and #BAEC04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECAA04 for text?

Black text on #ECAA04 has a contrast ratio of 10.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.04:1.