Ivory (survey)#FFFFCB

#FFFFCB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.971; OKLCH L 98.7% C 0.067 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 20.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Ivory (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FFFFCB
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 203)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(98.86, -8.19, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(98.86, 26.24, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(98.73% -0.0201 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(98.73% 0.067 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(87.7790, 97.0928, 70.6049)
Luminance	0.9709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFFCB #CBCBFF

analogous

#FFE5CB #FFFFCB #E5FFCB

triadic

#FFFFCB #CBFFFF #FFCBFF

tetradic

#FFFFCB #CBFFE5 #CBCBFF #FFCBE5

square

#FFFFCB #CBFFE5 #CBCBFF #FFCBE5

split-complementary

#FFFFCB #CBE5FF #E5CBFF

monochromatic

#FFFF51 #FFFF8E #FFFFCB #FFFFE0 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.03

#FFFFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

20.42

#FFFFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFFCB

20.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFFCB	1.00	1.03	20.42	20.42
#FFFFFF	1.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	20.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	20.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFFAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF8F1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#FCFCFC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffffcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.7% 0.067 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffdb',
    500: '#ffffcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffffcb;
$custom-light: #ffffdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffffcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 89.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9873,
    "c": 0.06665,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.97092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFFCB

secondary

#8585E9

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFB

border

#D7D7D4

text

#181815

muted

#868684

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFFCB

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

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