School Bus Yellow (#FFD800)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 1.39:1 — vs black: 15.07:1

Color values

  • HEX #FFD800
  • RGB rgb(255, 216, 0)
  • HSL hsl(50, 100%, 50%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 15, 100, 0 )
  • Websafe #FFCC00
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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FFD800 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800 Base
#0027FF
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800 Base
Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800
#A7FF00
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800 Base
#00FFD8
#D800FF
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800 Base
#00A7FF
#5800FF
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800 Base
#00FF58
#0027FF
#FF00A7
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800 Base
#665600
#B39700
#D6B500
#FFDE29
#FFE44D
#FFEF99
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of School Bus Yellow, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A1600
— #473C00
— #756300
— #A38A00
— #D1B100
School Bus Yellow #FFD800 Base
— #FFDF2E
— #FFE65C
— #FFED8A
— #FFF4B8
— #FFFBE6
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FFD800. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FFD800;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FFD800;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FFD800;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FFD800,
        #0027FF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FFD800,
        #0027FF
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$school-bus-yellow: #FFD800;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$school-bus-yellow-r: 255;
$school-bus-yellow-g: 216;
$school-bus-yellow-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $school-bus-yellow;
    color: rgba($school-bus-yellow-r, $school-bus-yellow-g, $school-bus-yellow-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How School Bus Yellow appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FFD800 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #E4E400 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #DDDD05 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #FFCBCB Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #DADADA Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to School Bus Yellow ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

School Bus Yellow #FFD800 Base
Gold #FFD700 ΔE 0.32
Cyber Yellow #FFD300 ΔE 1.62
Golden Yellow #FFDF00 ΔE 2.20
Yellow (Pantone) #FEDF00 ΔE 2.37

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.