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#ECD751 — Vivid Yellow

#ECD751 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #ECD751 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.

#ECD751 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 #5165EC; it also sits naturally between #EC8951 and #B3EC51. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECD751 · RGB 236, 215, 81

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Color values

HEX#ECD751
RGB236, 215, 81
HSL52°, 80%, 62%
HSV52°, 66%, 93%
CMYK0%, 9%, 66%, 7%
XYZ60.38, 67.03, 17.54
Yxy67.03, 0.4166, 0.4624
CIE-Lab85.52, -7.76, 66.21
Hunter Lab81.87, -7.38, 41.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 84% · Blue 32%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 66% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECD751 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECD751 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECD751

.text { color: #ECD751; }
.background { background-color: #ECD751; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECD751; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 215, 81); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 80%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECD751; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 215, 81, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECD751; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 215, 81, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECD751">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECD751">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECD751

#E9D135#E6CA19#CFB617#B39E14#978611#7C6D0E#60550B#494108#2E2805#121002

Tints of #ECD751

#EDDA5E#EFDE71#F1E17E#F3E691#F4E99F#F6ECAC#F8F0BF#F9F3CD#FBF8DF#FDFBED

Tones of #ECD751

#E1CF5B#D5C767#CBBF72#BFB67D#B4AE88#A9A693

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5165EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.46:1 Fails
Against black text14.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECD751: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECD751

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 #ECD751: ·

How #ECD751 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E371Deuteranopia · #E4E679Tritanopia · #EB8B91

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 #ECD751 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Cinder
#8F600C · #EFD448 · #5089F0 · #A1B8F1
Palette 03256c
#03256C · #2541B2 · #1768AC · #E5D549
Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Smoky Ruby Tempest
#E66A1C · #E2D050 · #9FDD39 · #51EE3A
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Palette Ffef82
#FFEF82 · #EFD345 · #BABD42 · #82954B

Similar colors

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

#EFD448#E5D549#ECE24F#E2D050#F4E04D#EFD345#F8D64B#F9D94B#F9DD53#F3CA52#FADC51#E9CD5C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECD750  ·  #ECD752 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECD751?

#ECD751 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 215, 81). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECD751?

#ECD751 is RGB 236, 215, 81 — HSL 52°, 80%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 66%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECD751?

Its complement is #5165EC; analogous partners are #EC8951 and #B3EC51. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECD751 for text?

Black text on #ECD751 has a contrast ratio of 14.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.