#FFFF50#FFFF50

#FFFF50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.934; OKLCH L 97.1% C 0.186 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF50
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.37, -19.66, 79.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.37, 81.46, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(97.06% -0.0619 0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(97.06% 0.186 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(78.4507, 93.3615, 21.4759)
Luminance	0.9336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF50 #5050FF

analogous

#FFA750 #FFFF50 #A7FF50

triadic

#FFFF50 #50FFFF #FF50FF

tetradic

#FFFF50 #50FFA7 #5050FF #FF50A7

square

#FFFF50 #50FFA7 #5050FF #FF50A7

split-complementary

#FFFF50 #50A7FF #A750FF

monochromatic

#D5D500 #FFFF13 #FFFF50 #FFFF8D #FFFFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.07

#FFFF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.67

#FFFF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF50

19.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF50	1.00	1.07	19.67	19.67
#FFFFFF	1.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F7F7F7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.1% 0.186 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffff8b',
    500: '#ffff50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff50;
$custom-light: #ffff8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97061,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.93359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF50

secondary

#2424CF

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF4

border

#D7D7CE

text

#19170D

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF50

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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