Starship Color
Starship is a yellow color with hex code #ECF245. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with starship, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Starship Color Values
What Does Starship Mean?
Starship belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Starship sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Starship is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: brilliant greenish yellow, #E9E450).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Starship
Starship and #4B45F2 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #F2A145 and #96F245, which sit beside starship on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair starship with triadic partners #45ECF2 and #F245EC. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Banana Yellow —
#FAFE4B(Delta E 5) - Lemon —
#FDFF52(Delta E 5) - Golden Fizz —
#F5FB3D(Delta E 6) - Canary Yellow —
#FFFE40(Delta E 8) - Sickly Yellow —
#D0E429(Delta E 9)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #ECF245; }
.background { background-color: #ECF245; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ECF245; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #ECF24540; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for starship?
Starship has the hex code #ECF245. In RGB notation it is rgb(236, 242, 69), in HSL it is hsl(62, 87%, 61%), and its OKLCH value is 0.928, 0.184, 111.5.
What does the color starship mean?
Yellow-family colors like starship carry distinct psychological associations. Starship belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. Starship sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with starship?
Starship has three easy routes: its complement #4B45F2 for punch, its neighbors #F2A145 and #96F245 for something calmer, or triadic partners #45ECF2 and #F245EC when you want energy.
Is starship a standard web color?
No — Starship is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #ECF245 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make starship lighter or darker?
To lighten starship, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FCFDE2 (lightest tint) to #2E3003 (darkest shade).
About Starship
Starship is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by Resene.
Use our Color Converter to convert #ECF245 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.