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#FFD617

#ffd617 ≈ Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ffd617 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 83.92% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 90.98% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 49.4°, with 100% saturation and 54.51% 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 14.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gold (#ffd700), ΔE 0.66.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6941

Complementary

  1. #ffd617
  2. #1740ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffd617
  2. #17b4ff
  3. #6217ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6217
  2. #ffd617
  3. #b4ff17

Triadic

  1. #ffd617
  2. #17ffd6
  3. #d617ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffd617
  2. #40ff17
  3. #1740ff
  4. #d617ff

Square

  1. #ffd617
  2. #17ff62
  3. #1740ff
  4. #ff17b4

Monochromatic

  1. #7d6700
  2. #caa600
  3. #ffd617
  4. #ffe464
  5. #fff1b0

Shades

#ffd617 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffd617
  2. #e6c115
  3. #ccab12
  4. #b39610
  5. #99800e
  6. #806b0c
  7. #665609
  8. #4d4007
  9. #332b05
  10. #1a1502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffd617 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffd617
  2. #ffda2e
  3. #ffde45
  4. #ffe25d
  5. #ffe674
  6. #ffeb8b
  7. #ffefa2
  8. #fff3b9
  9. #fff7d1
  10. #fffbe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffd617 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffd617
  2. #f2cd22
  3. #e6c52c
  4. #d9bc37
  5. #ccb441
  6. #c0ab4c
  7. #b3a256
  8. #a69a61
  9. #99916b
  10. #8d8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9d8ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #eed200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f9de2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc3b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5d400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fbdb25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffcb92 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffd617 {
  color: #ffd617;
}
Background
.bg-ffd617 {
  background-color: #ffd617;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffd617 {
  border: 2px solid #ffd617;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffd617;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 214 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffd617 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffd617, #b4ff17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffd617 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 214 23 / 0.35);
}

#ffd700 Gold ΔE 0.66 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 0.97 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.87 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.01 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.46 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.13 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.19 #0029e8 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Gold
#ffd617  rgb(255, 214, 23)  hsl(49, 100%, 55%)  Gold
#1740ff  rgb(23, 64, 255)  hsl(229, 100%, 55%)  Majorelle Blue
#17ffd6  rgb(23, 255, 214)  hsl(169, 100%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#d617ff  rgb(214, 23, 255)  hsl(289, 100%, 55%)  Electric Purple