#ffd811

Color #ffd811

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 1.43 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ffd811

RGB

rgb(255, 216, 17)

HSL

hsl(50.2, 100%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.2, 93.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 93.3%, 0%)

LAB

lab(87.2, -2.29, 85.78)

LCH

lch(87.2, 85.81, 91.53)

OKLCH

oklch(88.9%, 0.1806, 95.56)

HWB

hwb(50.2, 6.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1138ff

Analogous

#ff6111

#ffd811

#afff11

Triadic

#ffd811

#11ffd8

#d811ff

Split-complementary

#ffd811

#11afff

#6111ff

Tetradic

#ffd811

#38ff11

#1138ff

#d811ff

Square

#ffd811

#11ff61

#1138ff

#ff11af

Shades

Color #ffd811 mixed toward black.

#e3be00

#b59800

#887200

#5b4c00

#2d2600

Tints

Color #ffd811 mixed toward white.

#ffdf39

#ffe560

#ffec88

#fff2b0

#fff9d7

Tones

Color #ffd811 mixed toward gray.

#ebcb25

#d7bd39

#c3b04c

#b0a360

#9c9574

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#efef73 · ΔE 11.8

Deuteranopia

#f1f47e · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#fd959b · ΔE 46.6

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 29.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffd811;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffd811]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ffd811 (#ffd811) is rgb(255, 216, 17) in RGB.

No, #ffd811 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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