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#FDD700

#fdd700 ≈ Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fdd700 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.22% red, 84.31% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.02% magenta, 100% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 50.99°, with 100% saturation and 49.61% 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 14.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gold (#ffd700), ΔE 0.49.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6948

Complementary

  1. #fdd700
  2. #0026fd

Split complementary

  1. #fdd700
  2. #00a4fd
  3. #5900fd

Analogous

  1. #fd5900
  2. #fdd700
  3. #a4fd00

Triadic

  1. #fdd700
  2. #00fdd7
  3. #d700fd

Tetradic

  1. #fdd700
  2. #26fd00
  3. #0026fd
  4. #d700fd

Square

  1. #fdd700
  2. #00fd59
  3. #0026fd
  4. #fd00a4

Monochromatic

  1. #645500
  2. #b19600
  3. #fdd700
  4. #ffe44b
  5. #ffef97

Shades

#fdd700 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fdd700
  2. #e4c200
  3. #caac00
  4. #b19700
  5. #988100
  6. #7f6c00
  7. #655600
  8. #4c4100
  9. #332b00
  10. #191600
  11. #000000

Tints

#fdd700 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fdd700
  2. #fddb1a
  3. #fddf33
  4. #fee34d
  5. #fee766
  6. #feeb80
  7. #feef99
  8. #fef3b3
  9. #fff7cc
  10. #fffbe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fdd700 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fdd700
  2. #f1ce0d
  3. #e4c61a
  4. #d8bd26
  5. #cbb433
  6. #bfac40
  7. #b2a34d
  8. #a69a5a
  9. #999166
  10. #8d8973
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8d8ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #efd200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9de24 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc5b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5d400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fadb1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffcc91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fdd700 {
  color: #fdd700;
}
Background
.bg-fdd700 {
  background-color: #fdd700;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fdd700 {
  border: 2px solid #fdd700;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fdd700;
  --color-primary-rgb: 253 215 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fdd700 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fdd700, #a4fd00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fdd700 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(253 215 0 / 0.35);
}

#ffd700 Gold ΔE 0.49 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 1.67 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.22 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.01 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.36 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.65 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.92 #0228ff Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Gold
#fdd700  rgb(253, 215, 0)  hsl(51, 100%, 50%)  Gold
#0026fd  rgb(0, 38, 253)  hsl(231, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#00fdd7  rgb(0, 253, 215)  hsl(171, 100%, 50%)  Aquamarine
#d700fd  rgb(215, 0, 253)  hsl(291, 100%, 50%)  Electric Purple