Palettes / Colors / #ECD016

#ECD016 — Vivid Yellow

#ECD016 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #ECD016 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#ECD016 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 #1834EC; it also sits naturally between #EC6618 and #9EEC18. 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 82% · Blue 9%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 91% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECD016

.text { color: #ECD016; }
.background { background-color: #ECD016; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECD016; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 208, 22); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 85%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECD016; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 208, 22, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECD016; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 208, 22, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECD016">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECD016">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECD016

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Tones of #ECD016

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1834EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECD016: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECD016

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #ECD016 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 #ECD016 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

← #ECD015  ·  #ECD017 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECD016?

#ECD016 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 208, 22). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECD016?

#ECD016 is RGB 236, 208, 22 — HSL 52°, 85%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 12%, 91%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECD016?

Its complement is #1834EC; analogous partners are #EC6618 and #9EEC18. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECD016 for text?

Black text on #ECD016 has a contrast ratio of 13.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.