What color is #FFD34E?

#FFD34E is a light, vivid yellow known as Golden Goose. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Golden Goose?

The RGB value is 255, 211, 78: 255 red, 211 green and 78 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Golden Goose?

The complementary color is #4E7AFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFD34E?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 and white text 1.43:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Golden Goose color: hex code #FFD34E

#FFD34E rgb(255, 211, 78)

Shades of yellow

Golden Goose has the hex code #FFD34E. It is a light, vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 82.7% green and 30.6% blue (255, 211, 78).

Its hue angle is 45°, with 100% saturation and 65% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 69% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 14.68:1).

Golden Goose (#FFD34E) color codes

HEX	`#FFD34E`
RGB	`rgb(255, 211, 78)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 82.7%, 30.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(45, 100%, 65%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(45, 69%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 17%, 69%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(86.21, 2.02, 68.66)`
CIE LCH	`lch(86.21, 68.69, 88.31)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(65.913, 68.403, 16.938)`
Decimal	`16765774`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Golden Goose, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFD34E	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	14.68:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.43:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFD34E as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.43:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	14.68:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFD34E looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffd34e; }
.text { color: #ffd34e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffd34e; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 211 78 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffd34e, #d3ff4e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFD34E on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFD34E?: #FFD34E is a light, vivid yellow known as Golden Goose. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Golden Goose?: The RGB value is 255, 211, 78: 255 red, 211 green and 78 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Golden Goose?: The complementary color is #4E7AFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFD34E?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 and white text 1.43:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.