#FFFF72#FFFF72

#FFFF72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.940; OKLCH L 97.3% C 0.162 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF72
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.63, -17.62, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.63, 68.31, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(97.35% -0.0528 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(97.35% 0.162 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(80.0395, 93.9970, 29.8433)
Luminance	0.9399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF72 #7272FF

analogous

#FFB972 #FFFF72 #B9FF72

triadic

#FFFF72 #72FFFF #FF72FF

tetradic

#FFFF72 #72FFB9 #7272FF #FF72B9

square

#FFFF72 #72FFB9 #7272FF #FF72B9

split-complementary

#FFFF72 #72B9FF #B972FF

monochromatic

#F7F700 #FFFF35 #FFFF72 #FFFFAF #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FFFF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.80

#FFFF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF72

19.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF72	1.00	1.06	19.80	19.80
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.3% 0.162 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffff9f',
    500: '#ffff72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff72;
$custom-light: #ffff9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97348,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.93995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF72

secondary

#3939DC

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF72

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

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