#ffd700
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · “gold”
RGB
255, 215, 0
HSL
51°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0, 16, 100, 0
Luminance
0.6986
Every format
| HEX | #ffd700 |
| RGB | rgb(255, 215, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 100%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(86.9 -1.9 87.1) |
| LCH | lch(86.9 87.2 91.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.887 0.182 95.3) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffd700;
background-color: #ffd700;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffd700] bg-[#ffd700]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffd700;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.843, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffd700")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffd700 on white: 1.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffd700 on black: 14.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green84.3%
Blue0.0%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta15.7%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffd700 text on a black background
contrast 14.97:1
Card sample
#ffd700 text on a white background
contrast 1.40:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffd700;
Background color
Panel with #ffd700 background
background-color: #ffd700;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffd700;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 215, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffd700; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffd700, #7DFF00);