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#FFCD08 Sunflower Island

#FFCD08 is a very light, vivid yellow named Sunflower Island. In the RGB color model it is made of 100.0% red, 80.4% green and 3.1% blue (rgb(255, 205, 8)). Its HSL value is 48° hue, 100% saturation and 52% lightness, and in CMYK it is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 97% yellow and 0% black. #FFCD08 is a warm color. Black text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 13.99:1.

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Variations of #FFCD08

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

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Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

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Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

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Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

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Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

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#FFCD08 color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

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Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

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Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

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Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

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Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

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Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

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#FFCD08 for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #FFCD08 appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 94% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #F3D923
  • Protanopia 92% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #E6CB00
  • Protanomaly 95% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #EECD00
  • Deuteranopia 94% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #F3D923
  • Deuteranomaly 96% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #F6D417
  • Tritanopia 69% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #FFBAAF
  • Tritanomaly 84% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #FFC57B
  • Achromatopsia 65% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #D3D3D3
  • Achromatomaly 72% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #DFD1B9

#FFCD08 contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.50:1 Very poor#FFCD08 text on white
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
13.99:1 Super#FFCD08 text on black
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass

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#FFCD08 in CSS

/* Sunflower Island */
.color { color: #FFCD08; }
.background { background-color: #FFCD08; }
.border { border: 1px solid #FFCD08; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(255 205 8);
color: hsl(48 100% 52%);
color: oklch(0.867 0.176 90.7);

#FFCD08 FAQ

What color is #FFCD08?

#FFCD08 is a very light, vivid yellow. Its closest named color is Sunflower Island. It belongs to the yellow color family and is a warm color.

What is the RGB value of #FFCD08?

#FFCD08 is rgb(255, 205, 8) in RGB, hsl(48, 100%, 52%) in HSL and cmyk(0%, 20%, 97%, 0%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #FFCD08?

The complementary color of #FFCD08 is #083AFF, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #FFCD08?

Black text has the best contrast on #FFCD08: 13.99:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #FFCD08 a warm or cool color?

#FFCD08 is a warm color.