#FFFF8A#FFFF8A

#FFFF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.946; OKLCH L 97.6% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF8A
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.88, -15.67, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.88, 57.70, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(97.63% -0.0449 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(97.63% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(81.5891, 94.6169, 38.0048)
Luminance	0.9462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF8A #8A8AFF

analogous

#FFC58A #FFFF8A #C5FF8A

triadic

#FFFF8A #8AFFFF #FF8AFF

tetradic

#FFFF8A #8AFFC5 #8A8AFF #FF8AC5

square

#FFFF8A #8AFFC5 #8A8AFF #FF8AC5

split-complementary

#FFFF8A #8AC5FF #C58AFF

monochromatic

#FFFF10 #FFFF4D #FFFF8A #FFFFC7 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.92

#FFFF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF8A

19.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF8A	1.00	1.05	19.92	19.92
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF2E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.6% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffae',
    500: '#ffff8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff8a;
$custom-light: #ffffae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97627,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.94615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF8A

secondary

#4E4EE0

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF8A

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

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