#FFD700 — gold

This is the CSS color "gold", shown full width above. Everything below is arithmetic on the value itself.

HEX

#FFD700

RGB

255, 215, 0

HSL

51, 100%, 50%

Closest CSS name

gold (exact)

Contrast with white

1.40:1

Contrast with black

14.97:1

Reading the contrast figures

Those two ratios are WCAG 2.1 contrast, measured between this color and plain white or plain black. They are the numbers that decide whether text of that color would be readable on this background: 4.5:1 is the threshold for normal text under success criterion 1.4.3, and 3:1 for large text. A ratio is one fact about a pair of colors, not a verdict on whether a design is accessible.

Other colors

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