HEX Color #F8D316 (Gold)

About #F8D316

The hex code #F8D316 represents a beautifully specific shade of yellow. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Gold. In the RGB color space, it consists of 248 red, 211 green, and 22 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 15% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 50.2° hue, 94.2% saturation, and 52.9% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F8D316

RGB248, 211, 22

HSL50.2°, 94.2%, 52.9%

CMYK0%, 15%, 91%, 3%

HSV50.2°, 91.1%, 97.3%

LAB85.3, -2.7, 83.4

XYZ62.2, 66.6, 10.3

Decimal16306966

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#F8D316 #153BF8

Analogous

#F86115 #ABF815

Triadic

#15F8D3 #D215F8

Tetradic

#15F861 #153BF8 #F815AB

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#F8D316

#F8D72F

#F9DC49

#FAE163

#FBE67D

#FBEB97

#FCF0B1

#FDF5CB

#FEFAE5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#F8D316

#DCBB13

#C0A411

#A58C0E

#89750C

#6E5D09

#524607

#372E04

#1B1702

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.47:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

14.32:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.40:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

12.17:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8D316; }

.text-color { color: #F8D316; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8D316; }

Similar Colors

Gold

#FFD700