All About Color #FFD500

#FFD500

About #FFD500

#FFD500 is a medium yellow color with the hex code #FFD500. In RGB it is red 255, green 213, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 50°, saturation 100%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 16%, 100%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.42:1 on white and 14.77:1 on black.

#FFD500 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFF, D5, 00
CMYK0.00%, 16.47%, 100.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal255, 213, 0
HSL50°, 100%, 50%
RGB Octal377, 325, 0
HSV (HSB)50.12°, 100.00%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11111111, 11010101, 0
CIE-L*AB86.43, -0.91, 86.79
RGB Percent100.00%, 83.53%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH86.43, 86.79, 90.60
XYZ65.03, 68.85, 9.86
CIE-L*UV86.43, 36.99, 91.37
xyY0.45, 0.48, 68.85
Hunter-Lab82.97, -5.30, 51.04
RYB19.72%, 100.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FFD500 on a dark background: contrast 14.77:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FFD500 on a light background: contrast 1.42:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FFD500, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FFD500. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FFD500 · #FFE45C · #A38800 · #002BFF · #5C77FF

Analogous palette

#FF002B · #FF5500 · #FFD500 · #AAFF00 · #2BFF00

Triadic palette

#FFD500 · #00FFD5 · #D400FF · #FFE45C · #5CFFE4

Tetradic palette

#FFD500 · #00FF55 · #002BFF · #FF00AA · #A38800

Monochromatic palette

#665500 · #B39500 · #FFD500 · #FFE14D · #FFEE99

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