#FFFF9C#FFFF9C

#FFFF9C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.952; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.121 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF9C
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.11, -13.92, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.11, 49.28, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(97.88% -0.0384 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(97.88% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(83.0019, 95.1820, 45.4456)
Luminance	0.9518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF9C #9C9CFF

analogous

#FFCD9C #FFFF9C #CDFF9C

triadic

#FFFF9C #9CFFFF #FF9CFF

tetradic

#FFFF9C #9CFFCD #9C9CFF #FF9CCD

square

#FFFF9C #9CFFCD #9C9CFF #FF9CCD

split-complementary

#FFFF9C #9CCDFF #CD9CFF

monochromatic

#FFFF22 #FFFF5F #FFFF9C #FFFFD9 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.04

#FFFF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF9C

20.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF9C	1.00	1.05	20.04	20.04
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffba',
    500: '#ffff9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff9c;
$custom-light: #ffffba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9788,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.9518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF9C

secondary

#5D5DE2

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF9C

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

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