#FFDB42
A light, vivid yellow closely aligning with Gold.
About #FFDB42
At its core, #FFDB42 is a light and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Gold. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 255, 219, and 66.
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 14% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 48.6° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 62.9% lightness.
Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light 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.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#FFDB42
RGB255, 219, 66
HSL48.6°, 100.0%, 62.9%
CMYK0%, 14%, 74%, 0%
HSV48.6°, 74.1%, 100.0%
LAB88.1, -2.6, 75.0
XYZ67.6, 72.3, 15.6
Decimal16767810
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
1.36:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
15.46:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.30:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
13.15:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #FFDB42;
}
.text-color {
color: #FFDB42;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #FFDB42;
}