Palettes / Colors / #CFD600

#CFD600 — Vivid Yellow

#CFD600 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #CFD600 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CFD600 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0700D6; it also sits naturally between #D67200 and #64D600. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 84% · Blue 0%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 16%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #CFD600

.text { color: #CFD600; }
.background { background-color: #CFD600; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFD600; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 214, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 100%, 42%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFD600; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 214, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFD600; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 214, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFD600">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFD600">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFD600

Tints of #CFD600

Tones of #CFD600

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0700D6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CFD600: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFD600

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #CFD600 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFD600 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFD5FF  ·  #CFD601 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFD600?

#CFD600 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 207, 214, 0). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFD600?

#CFD600 is RGB 207, 214, 0 — HSL 62°, 100%, 42% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 100%, 16%.

What colors go with #CFD600?

Its complement is #0700D6; analogous partners are #D67200 and #64D600. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFD600 for text?

Black text on #CFD600 has a contrast ratio of 13.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.58:1.