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#ECD439 — Vivid Yellow

#ECD439 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #ECD439 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.

#ECD439 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 #374FEB; it also sits naturally between #EB7937 and #A9EB37. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECD439 · RGB 236, 212, 57

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Color values

HEX#ECD439
RGB236, 212, 57
HSL52°, 82%, 57%
HSV52°, 76%, 93%
CMYK0%, 10%, 76%, 7%
XYZ58.87, 65.22, 13.36
Yxy65.22, 0.4283, 0.4745
CIE-Lab84.59, -7.38, 74.07
Hunter Lab80.76, -6.99, 43.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 83% · Blue 22%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 76% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECD439 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECD439 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECD439

.text { color: #ECD439; }
.background { background-color: #ECD439; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECD439; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 212, 57); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 82%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECD439; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 212, 57, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECD439; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 212, 57, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECD439">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECD439">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECD439

#E9CE20#D5BC15#BEA713#A79311#907F0E#74660B#5D5209#463D07#2A2504#131002

Tints of #ECD439

#EDD74A#EFDB5D#F1DF6F#F3E482#F4E894#F6EBA2#F8EFB5#F9F3C7#FBF7DA#FDFBEC

Tones of #ECD439

#DECA45#D2C151#C5B75E#B8AD6B#ABA478#9F9B84

Color harmonies

Complementary — #374FEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECD439: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECD439

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ECD439: ·

How #ECD439 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E2E15FDeuteranopia · #E3E568Tritanopia · #EB7C83

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECD439 rather than the exact color:

Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664
Silent Marble
#DF3D9D · #DC3244 · #CC601B · #E4D03E
Dreamy Ruby Petal
#F7F1CF · #F2E6A1 · #E6CB38 · #685A0D
Gentle Garden
#1136C9 · #5E86F1 · #EFCC41 · #F2F0A6
Palette Ffef82
#FFEF82 · #EFD345 · #BABD42 · #82954B
Palette 0078aa
#0078AA · #3AB4F2 · #F2DF3A · #F6F6F6

Similar colors

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

#E5D93C#E4D03E#E6CB38#EFCC41#EFD345#F2DF3A#E1CB3D#EFD448#F6D146#EDC92C#E5D549#E1E237

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECD438  ·  #ECD43A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECD439?

#ECD439 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 212, 57). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECD439?

#ECD439 is RGB 236, 212, 57 — HSL 52°, 82%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 76%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECD439?

Its complement is #374FEB; analogous partners are #EB7937 and #A9EB37. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECD439 for text?

Black text on #ECD439 has a contrast ratio of 14.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.