#FFFF9B#FFFF9B

#FFFF9B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.951; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.122 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF9B
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.09, -14.02, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.09, 49.75, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(97.87% -0.0387 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(97.87% 0.122 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(82.9176, 95.1482, 45.0015)
Luminance	0.9515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF9B #9B9BFF

analogous

#FFCD9B #FFFF9B #CDFF9B

triadic

#FFFF9B #9BFFFF #FF9BFF

tetradic

#FFFF9B #9BFFCD #9B9BFF #FF9BCD

square

#FFFF9B #9BFFCD #9B9BFF #FF9BCD

split-complementary

#FFFF9B #9BCDFF #CD9BFF

monochromatic

#FFFF21 #FFFF5E #FFFF9B #FFFFD8 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.03

#FFFF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF9B

20.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF9B	1.00	1.05	20.03	20.03
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.122 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffba',
    500: '#ffff9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff9b;
$custom-light: #ffffba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97865,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.95147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF9B

secondary

#5C5CE2

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF9B

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

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