Gold#FFD700

#FFD700 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.182 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Gold — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFD700
RGB	rgb(255, 215, 0)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 100%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -1.92, 87.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 87.15, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0169 0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.182 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.5445, 69.8649, 10.0330)
Luminance	0.6986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD700 #0028FF

analogous

#FF5700 #FFD700 #A8FF00

triadic

#FFD700 #00FFD7 #D700FF

tetradic

#FFD700 #00FF57 #0028FF #FF00A8

square

#FFD700 #00FF57 #0028FF #FF00A8

split-complementary

#FFD700 #00A8FF #5700FF

monochromatic

#857000 #C2A300 #FFD700 #FFE13D #FFEA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FFD700 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#FFD700 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD700

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD700	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD700	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FADF24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

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#000000

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#FFFFFF

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Palettes with this color

Off White Color Palette

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd700;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 215, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.182 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe26c',
    500: '#ffd700',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd700;
$custom-light: #ffe26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd700",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88677,
    "c": 0.18219,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD700

secondary

#182A8B

accent

#4AFF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF1

border

#D7D5CB

text

#191508

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD700

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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