#ffd800
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · “gold”
RGB
255, 216, 0
HSL
51°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0, 15, 100, 0
Luminance
0.7037
Every format
| HEX | #ffd800 |
| RGB | rgb(255, 216, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15%, 100%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(87.2 -2.4 87.3) |
| LCH | lch(87.2 87.3 91.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.889 0.183 95.8) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffd800;
background-color: #ffd800;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffd800] bg-[#ffd800]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffd800;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.847, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffd800")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffd800 on white: 1.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffd800 on black: 15.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green84.7%
Blue0.0%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta15.3%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffd800 text on a black background
contrast 15.07:1
Card sample
#ffd800 text on a white background
contrast 1.39:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffd800;
Background color
Panel with #ffd800 background
background-color: #ffd800;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffd800;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 216, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 216, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffd800; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffd800, #7CFF00);