What color is #FFD900?

#FFD900 is a vivid yellow known as Soviet Gold. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Soviet Gold?

The RGB value is 255, 217, 0: 255 red, 217 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Soviet Gold?

The complementary color is #0026FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFD900?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.18:1 and white text 1.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Soviet Gold color: hex code #FFD900

#FFD900 rgb(255, 217, 0)

Shades of yellow

Soviet Gold has the hex code #FFD900. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 85.1% green and 0% blue (255, 217, 0).

Its hue angle is 51°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 15.18:1).

Soviet Gold (#FFD900) color codes

HEX	`#FFD900`
RGB	`rgb(255, 217, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 85.1%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(51, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(51, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 15%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(87.43, -2.93, 87.49)`
CIE LCH	`lch(87.43, 87.53, 91.92)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(66.057, 70.89, 10.204)`
Decimal	`16767232`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Soviet Gold, 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 #FFD900	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	15.18:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.38:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFD900 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.38:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	15.18:1	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 #FFD900 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffd900; }
.text { color: #ffd900; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffd900; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 217 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffd900, #a5ff00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFD900 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFD900?: #FFD900 is a vivid yellow known as Soviet Gold. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Soviet Gold?: The RGB value is 255, 217, 0: 255 red, 217 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Soviet Gold?: The complementary color is #0026FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFD900?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 15.18:1 and white text 1.38:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.