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#ECDA39 — Vivid Yellow

#ECDA39 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 #ECDA39 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.

#ECDA39 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 #3749EB; it also sits naturally between #EB7F37 and #A3EB37. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECDA39 · RGB 236, 218, 57

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Color values

HEX#ECDA39
RGB236, 218, 57
HSL54°, 82%, 57%
HSV54°, 76%, 93%
CMYK0%, 8%, 76%, 7%
XYZ60.40, 68.27, 13.87
Yxy68.27, 0.4238, 0.4790
CIE-Lab86.14, -10.39, 75.49
Hunter Lab82.63, -9.85, 45.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 85% · Blue 22%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 76% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECDA39 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECDA39 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECDA39

.text { color: #ECDA39; }
.background { background-color: #ECDA39; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECDA39; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 218, 57); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 82%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECDA39; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 218, 57, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECDA39; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 218, 57, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECDA39">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECDA39">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECDA39

#E9D520#D5C215#BEAD13#A79811#90830E#746A0B#5D5409#463F07#2A2604#131102

Tints of #ECDA39

#EDDD4A#EFE05D#F1E46F#F3E782#F4EB94#F6EDA2#F8F1B5#F9F4C7#FBF8DA#FDFBEC

Tones of #ECDA39

#DECF45#D2C551#C5BB5E#B8B06B#ABA678#9F9C84

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3749EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECDA39: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECDA39

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 #ECDA39: ·

How #ECDA39 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E460Deuteranopia · #E5E769Tritanopia · #EB7F85

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 #ECDA39 rather than the exact color:

Silent Canyon
#E08B56 · #E5D93C · #A1E752 · #61E664
Palette 0078aa
#0078AA · #3AB4F2 · #F2DF3A · #F6F6F6
Amber Ruby Breeze
#8A9416 · #E1E237 · #6358E7 · #B3ACED
Silent Marble
#DF3D9D · #DC3244 · #CC601B · #E4D03E
Palette Ffef82
#FFEF82 · #EFD345 · #BABD42 · #82954B
Royal Whisper
#0A1C12 · #F82177 · #F8E033 · #2D6FFA

Similar colors

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

#E5D93C#F2DF3A#E1E237#E4D03E#EFD345#F8E033#E6CB38#EFCC41#EFD448#E8EA3B#F8DD45#DDDB30

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECDA38  ·  #ECDA3A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECDA39?

#ECDA39 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 218, 57). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECDA39?

#ECDA39 is RGB 236, 218, 57 — HSL 54°, 82%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 76%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECDA39?

Its complement is #3749EB; analogous partners are #EB7F37 and #A3EB37. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECDA39 for text?

Black text on #ECDA39 has a contrast ratio of 14.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.