Gold
#FFD700
Gold (#FFD700) is a medium, vivid yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 255 red, 215 green and 0 blue; in HSL its hue is 51°, its saturation 100% and its lightness 50%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on gold
White text on gold has a contrast ratio of 1.40:1 and fails; black text has 14.97:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.40:1
Black text · 14.97:1
Tints and shades of gold
Colour palettes with gold
Brands with a gold logo
Brand colours close to #FFD700, from our Brand Colour Index.
Colours similar to gold
Use gold in CSS
.button {
background-color: #FFD700;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.