#FFFFB9#FFFFB9

#FFFFB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.963; OKLCH L 98.4% C 0.088 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFFB9
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.55, -10.58, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.55, 35.19, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(98.37% -0.0272 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(98.37% 0.088 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(85.7572, 96.2841, 59.9566)
Luminance	0.9628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFFB9 #B9B9FF

analogous

#FFDCB9 #FFFFB9 #DCFFB9

triadic

#FFFFB9 #B9FFFF #FFB9FF

tetradic

#FFFFB9 #B9FFDC #B9B9FF #FFB9DC

square

#FFFFB9 #B9FFDC #B9B9FF #FFB9DC

split-complementary

#FFFFB9 #B9DCFF #DCB9FF

monochromatic

#FFFF3F #FFFF7C #FFFFB9 #FFFFE0 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.04

#FFFFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.26

#FFFFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFFB9

20.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFFB9	1.00	1.04	20.26	20.26
#FFFFFF	1.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF9B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF6ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FBFBFB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffffb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.4% 0.088 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffce',
    500: '#ffffb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffffb9;
$custom-light: #ffffce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffffb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98372,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.96283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFFB9

secondary

#7575E7

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181813

muted

#868683

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFFB9

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

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