#FFFF9F#FFFF9F

#FFFF9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.953; OKLCH L 97.9% C 0.118 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF9F
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.15, -13.60, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.15, 47.84, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(97.93% -0.0372 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(97.93% 0.118 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(83.2591, 95.2848, 46.8000)
Luminance	0.9528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF9F #9F9FFF

analogous

#FFCF9F #FFFF9F #CFFF9F

triadic

#FFFF9F #9FFFFF #FF9FFF

tetradic

#FFFF9F #9FFFCF #9F9FFF #FF9FCF

square

#FFFF9F #9FFFCF #9F9FFF #FF9FCF

split-complementary

#FFFF9F #9FCFFF #CF9FFF

monochromatic

#FFFF25 #FFFF62 #FFFF9F #FFFFDC #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.05

#FFFF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.06

#FFFF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF9F

20.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF9F	1.00	1.05	20.06	20.06
#FFFFFF	1.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFBA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF4E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.9% 0.118 108.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97926,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.95283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF9F

secondary

#5F5FE3

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF9F

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

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