#FFFFC9#FFFFC9

#FFFFC9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.970; OKLCH L 98.7% C 0.069 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFFC9
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 201)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.83, -8.47, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.83, 27.24, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(98.69% -0.0209 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(98.69% 0.069 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(87.5422, 96.9981, 69.3578)
Luminance	0.9700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFFC9 #C9C9FF

analogous

#FFE4C9 #FFFFC9 #E4FFC9

triadic

#FFFFC9 #C9FFFF #FFC9FF

tetradic

#FFFFC9 #C9FFE4 #C9C9FF #FFC9E4

square

#FFFFC9 #C9FFE4 #C9C9FF #FFC9E4

split-complementary

#FFFFC9 #C9E4FF #E4C9FF

monochromatic

#FFFF4F #FFFF8C #FFFFC9 #FFFFE0 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.03

#FFFFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.40

#FFFFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFFC9

20.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFFC9	1.00	1.03	20.40	20.40
#FFFFFF	1.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFFAC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF8F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FCFCFC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffffc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.7% 0.069 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffd9',
    500: '#ffffc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffffc9;
$custom-light: #ffffd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffffc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98688,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.96997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFFC9

secondary

#8383E9

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181814

muted

#868683

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFFC9

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

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