HEX Color #F0B600 (Goldenrod)

About #F0B600

When working with digital screens, the color #F0B600 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Goldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 240 red, 182 green, and 0 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 24% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 45.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F0B600

RGB240, 182, 0

HSL45.5°, 100.0%, 47.1%

CMYK0%, 24%, 100%, 6%

HSV45.5°, 100.0%, 94.1%

LAB77.3, 8.6, 79.7

XYZ52.7, 52.0, 7.3

Decimal15775232

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F0B600 #0039EF

Analogous

#EF3E00 #B2EF00

Triadic

#00EFB5 #B500EF

Tetradic

#00EF3E #0039EF #EF00B1

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F0B600

#F1BE1C

#F3C638

#F5CE55

#F6D671

#F8DE8D

#FAE6AA

#FBEEC6

#FDF6E2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F0B600

#D5A100

#BA8D00

#A07900

#856500

#6A5000

#503C00

#352800

#1A1400

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.84:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.40:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.76:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.69:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F0B600; }

.text-color { color: #F0B600; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F0B600; }

Similar Colors

Goldenrod

#DAA520