HEX atlas value

#FFD700

#FFD700 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Gold. RGB 255, 215, 0, HSL 51° 100% 50%, luminance 0.6986; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#FFD700 Sample readable text

HEX #FFD700

RGB rgb(255, 215, 0)

HSL hsl(51 100% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 16, 100, 0)

Luminance 0.6986

Contrast Black 14.97:1White 1.4:1

CSS

--color-ffd700: #FFD700;
.background-ffd700 { background-color: #FFD700; }
.text-ffd700 { color: #FFD700; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFD700

#FFD700 is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #FFD700 is visually closest to Gold, a named yellow color with HEX #FFD700.

The RGB channels are 255, 215, and 0, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 51deg with 100% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.6986, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.97:1AA Pass

White text1.4:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FFD700 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.97:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.4:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#A6FF00#A6FF00 · #000000 text · best 16.93:1 #FFE75C#FFE75C · #000000 text · best 16.84:1 Golden Yellow#FFDF00 · #000000 text · best 15.81:1 #FFD900#FFD900 · #000000 text · best 15.18:1 School Bus Yellow#FFD800 · #000000 text · best 15.07:1

Generated Palette

Gold#FFD700

#0026FF#0026FF

#FF5900#FF5900

#A6FF00#A6FF00

#FFE75C#FFE75C

#A38B00#A38B00

Color Harmonies

#0026FF#0026FF

#FF5900#FF5900

#A6FF00#A6FF00

#00FFD9#00FFD9

#D900FF#D900FF

Variants

#FFE75C#FFE75C

#A38B00#A38B00

#FFD900#FFD900

#E3C51C#E3C51C

#F5E589#F5E589

#FFDF29#FFDF29

Nearest Named Colors

Gold#FFD700

School Bus Yellow#FFD800

Cyber Yellow#FFD300

Golden Yellow#FFDF00

Caution Yellow#FFCC00

Luminance0.6986

Black text14.97:1AA Pass

White text1.4:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FFD700","rgb":[255,215,0],"hsl":[51,100,50],"cmyk":[0,16,100,0],"luminance":0.6986,"contrast":{"black":14.97,"white":1.4}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.97,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.4,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#A6FF00","hex":"#A6FF00","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.93,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFE75C","hex":"#FFE75C","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.84,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Golden Yellow","hex":"#FFDF00","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.81,"contrastWhite":1.33,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFD900","hex":"#FFD900","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.18,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"School Bus Yellow","hex":"#FFD800","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.07,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ffd700.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/school-bus-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cyber-yellow.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0026FF","analogous":["#FF5900","#A6FF00"],"triadic":["#00FFD9","#D900FF"],"tetradic":["#00FF59","#0026FF","#FF00A6"],"splitComplementary":["#00A6FF","#5900FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFE75C","#FFD700","#A38B00"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFE75C","dark":"#A38B00","saturated":"#FFD900","desaturated":"#E3C51C","pastel":"#F5E589","neon":"#FFDF29"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"gold","name":"Gold","hex":"#FFD700","distance":0},{"slug":"school-bus-yellow","name":"School Bus Yellow","hex":"#FFD800","distance":1},{"slug":"cyber-yellow","name":"Cyber Yellow","hex":"#FFD300","distance":4},{"slug":"golden-yellow","name":"Golden Yellow","hex":"#FFDF00","distance":8},{"slug":"caution-yellow","name":"Caution Yellow","hex":"#FFCC00","distance":11}]

#FFD700

CSS

About #FFD700

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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