#FFFF96#FFFF96

#FFFF96 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.950; OKLCH L 97.8% C 0.128 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF96
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.03, -14.53, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.03, 52.12, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(97.79% -0.0406 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(97.79% 0.128 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(82.5064, 94.9838, 42.8357)
Luminance	0.9498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF96 #9696FF

analogous

#FFCB96 #FFFF96 #CBFF96

triadic

#FFFF96 #96FFFF #FF96FF

tetradic

#FFFF96 #96FFCB #9696FF #FF96CB

square

#FFFF96 #96FFCB #9696FF #FF96CB

split-complementary

#FFFF96 #96CBFF #CB96FF

monochromatic

#FFFF1C #FFFF59 #FFFF96 #FFFFD3 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.00

#FFFF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF96

20.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF96	1.00	1.05	20.00	20.00
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF3E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.8% 0.128 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffb6',
    500: '#ffff96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff96;
$custom-light: #ffffb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97791,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.94982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF96

secondary

#5858E1

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF96

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

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