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#FFD700

#ffd700 Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
  • gold
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#ffd700 (Gold) is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 84.31% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 50.59°, with 100% saturation and 50% 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 14.97:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.6986

Complementary

  1. #ffd700
  2. #0028ff

Split complementary

  1. #ffd700
  2. #00a7ff
  3. #5800ff

Analogous

  1. #ff5800
  2. #ffd700
  3. #a7ff00

Triadic

  1. #ffd700
  2. #00ffd7
  3. #d700ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffd700
  2. #28ff00
  3. #0028ff
  4. #d700ff

Square

  1. #ffd700
  2. #00ff58
  3. #0028ff
  4. #ff00a7

Monochromatic

  1. #665600
  2. #b39700
  3. #ffd700
  4. #ffe34d
  5. #ffef99

Shades

#ffd700 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffd700
  2. #e6c200
  3. #ccac00
  4. #b39700
  5. #998100
  6. #806c00
  7. #665600
  8. #4d4100
  9. #332b00
  10. #1a1600
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffd700 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffd700
  2. #ffdb1a
  3. #ffdf33
  4. #ffe34d
  5. #ffe766
  6. #ffeb80
  7. #ffef99
  8. #fff3b3
  9. #fff7cc
  10. #fffbe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffd700 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffd700
  2. #f2ce0d
  3. #e6c61a
  4. #d9bd26
  5. #ccb433
  6. #c0ac40
  7. #b3a34d
  8. #a69a5a
  9. #999166
  10. #8d8973
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ead9ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0d300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fadf24 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc4b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f6d400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fcdc1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffcc91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffd700 {
  color: #ffd700;
}
Background
.bg-ffd700 {
  background-color: #ffd700;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffd700 {
  border: 2px solid #ffd700;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffd700;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 215 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffd700 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffd700, #a7ff00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffd700 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 215 0 / 0.35);
}

#ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 1.30 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 2.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 3.28 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.29 #ffdb58 Mustard ΔE 4.65 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.74 #0028ff Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Gold
#ffd700  rgb(255, 215, 0)  hsl(51, 100%, 50%)  Gold
#0028ff  rgb(0, 40, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 50%)  Blue
#00ffd7  rgb(0, 255, 215)  hsl(171, 100%, 50%)  Aquamarine
#d700ff  rgb(215, 0, 255)  hsl(291, 100%, 50%)  Electric Purple