#F0E22C
A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Gold.
About #F0E22C
The hex code #F0E22C represents a beautifully specific shade of yellow. Designers often compare it to the standard color Gold. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 240, 226, and 44.
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 6% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 55.7° hue, 86.7% saturation, and 55.7% lightness.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.