#FFFFB3#FFFFB3

#FFFFB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.960; OKLCH L 98.3% C 0.095 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFFB3
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 179)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.45, -11.32, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.45, 38.14, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(98.26% -0.0296 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(98.26% 0.095 108)
XYZ	xyz(85.1371, 96.0361, 56.6909)
Luminance	0.9604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFFB3 #B3B3FF

analogous

#FFD9B3 #FFFFB3 #D9FFB3

triadic

#FFFFB3 #B3FFFF #FFB3FF

tetradic

#FFFFB3 #B3FFD9 #B3B3FF #FFB3D9

square

#FFFFB3 #B3FFD9 #B3B3FF #FFB3D9

split-complementary

#FFFFB3 #B3D9FF #D9B3FF

monochromatic

#FFFF39 #FFFF76 #FFFFB3 #FFFFE0 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.04

#FFFFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.21

#FFFFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFFB3

20.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFFB3	1.00	1.04	20.21	20.21
#FFFFFF	1.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6EB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FBFBFB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffffb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.3% 0.095 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffca',
    500: '#ffffb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffffb3;
$custom-light: #ffffca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffffb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98262,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.96035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFFB3

secondary

#7070E6

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF9

border

#D7D7D2

text

#181813

muted

#868682

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFFB3

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

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