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Yellow Brick Road to Ultra Moss Gradient

CSS

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eac853 0%, #d1f358 100%);

From Yellow Brick Road (#EAC853) to Ultra Moss (#D1F358). The two hues are 27° apart on the color wheel, close enough that the blend stays clean without a muddy middle.

Colors along the gradient

NameHEXRGBHSLCMYK
Yellow Brick Road#EAC853234, 200, 8346°, 78%, 62%0, 15, 65, 8
25% (near New Gold)#E4D354228, 211, 8453°, 73%, 61%0, 7, 63, 11
50% (near Dragon’s Gold)#DEDE56222, 222, 8660°, 67%, 60%0, 0, 61, 13
75% (near Ultra Moss)#D7E857215, 232, 8767°, 76%, 63%7, 0, 63, 9
Ultra Moss#D1F358209, 243, 8873°, 87%, 65%14, 0, 64, 5

Halfway along, the gradient is #DEDE56, closest to the named color Dragon’s Gold. The stops are mixed in RGB, the way browsers draw a linear gradient by default.

Text on this gradient

Black text reads best on both ends, so one text color works across the whole gradient. The two end colors have a contrast ratio of 1.29:1, so the change is gentle.

Other ways to use it

Gradients like this work well for page headers, buttons, cards and slide backgrounds. Keep body text on a solid color for the best readability.

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Questions

What are the HEX codes of the Yellow Brick Road to Ultra Moss gradient?

It starts at #EAC853 (Yellow Brick Road) and ends at #D1F358 (Ultra Moss), with #DEDE56 in the middle.

How do I reverse the gradient?

Swap the two colors or change the angle from 90deg to 270deg: linear-gradient(270deg, #eac853, #d1f358) runs from Ultra Moss on the left to Yellow Brick Road on the right.