#FFFFAA#FFFFAA

#FFFFAA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.957; OKLCH L 98.1% C 0.106 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFFAA
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(60, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.31, -12.39, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.31, 42.54, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(98.11% -0.0331 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(98.11% 0.106 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(84.2564, 95.6838, 52.0527)
Luminance	0.9568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFFAA #AAAAFF

analogous

#FFD4AA #FFFFAA #D4FFAA

triadic

#FFFFAA #AAFFFF #FFAAFF

tetradic

#FFFFAA #AAFFD4 #AAAAFF #FFAAD4

square

#FFFFAA #AAFFD4 #AAAAFF #FFAAD4

split-complementary

#FFFFAA #AAD4FF #D4AAFF

monochromatic

#FFFF30 #FFFF6D #FFFFAA #FFFFE0 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.04

#FFFFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.14

#FFFFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFFAA

20.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFFAA	1.00	1.04	20.14	20.14
#FFFFFF	1.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF5E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FAFAFA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffffaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.1% 0.106 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffc4',
    500: '#ffffaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffffaa;
$custom-light: #ffffc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffffaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98105,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.95682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFFAA

secondary

#6969E4

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFFAA

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

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