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#FDD511

#fdd511 ≈ Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fdd511 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 83.53% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.81% magenta, 93.28% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 49.83°, with 98.33% saturation and 52.94% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gold (#ffd700), ΔE 0.63.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6851

Complementary

  1. #fdd511
  2. #1139fd

Split complementary

  1. #fdd511
  2. #11affd
  3. #5f11fd

Analogous

  1. #fd5f11
  2. #fdd511
  3. #affd11

Triadic

  1. #fdd511
  2. #11fdd5
  3. #d511fd

Tetradic

  1. #fdd511
  2. #39fd11
  3. #1139fd
  4. #d511fd

Square

  1. #fdd511
  2. #11fd5f
  3. #1139fd
  4. #fd11af

Monochromatic

  1. #746101
  2. #c0a002
  3. #fdd511
  4. #fee25d
  5. #fef0a9

Shades

#fdd511 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fdd511
  2. #e4c00f
  3. #caaa0e
  4. #b1950c
  5. #98800a
  6. #7f6b09
  7. #655507
  8. #4c4005
  9. #332b03
  10. #191502
  11. #000000

Tints

#fdd511 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fdd511
  2. #fdd929
  3. #fddd41
  4. #fee258
  5. #fee670
  6. #feea88
  7. #feeea0
  8. #fef2b8
  9. #fff7cf
  10. #fffbe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fdd511 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fdd511
  2. #f1cd1c
  3. #e4c427
  4. #d8bc32
  5. #cbb33d
  6. #bfab49
  7. #b2a254
  8. #a69a5f
  9. #99916a
  10. #8d8975
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8d7ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #edd100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7dd29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc3b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4d200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fada22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffca91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fdd511 {
  color: #fdd511;
}
Background
.bg-fdd511 {
  background-color: #fdd511;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fdd511 {
  border: 2px solid #fdd511;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fdd511;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 213 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 98% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fdd511 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdd511, #affd11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fdd511 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 213 17 / 0.35);
}

#ffd700 Gold ΔE 0.63 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 1.03 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.71 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.95 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.48 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.26 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.33 #022aee Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Gold
#fdd511  rgb(253, 213, 17)  hsl(50, 98%, 53%)  Gold
#1139fd  rgb(17, 57, 253)  hsl(230, 98%, 53%)  Han Purple
#11fdd5  rgb(17, 253, 213)  hsl(170, 98%, 53%)  Aquamarine
#d511fd  rgb(213, 17, 253)  hsl(290, 98%, 53%)  Electric Purple