Named color · #FFFF00
Yellow
Yellow is #FFFF00: rgb(255 255 0), hsl(60 100% 50%), oklch(0.968 0.211 109.8). See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.
What does Yellow mean? → · Yellow color name →
#FFFF00
oklch(0.968 0.211 109.8)
Color conversions
- HEX
- #ffff00
- RGB
- rgb(255 255 0)
- HSL
- hsl(60 100% 50%)
- HWB
- hwb(60 0% 0%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.968 0.211 109.8)
- OKLab
- oklab(0.968 -0.071 0.199)
- CIE Lab
- lab(97.61 -15.75 93.39)
- LCH
- lch(97.61 94.71 99.6)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0% 0% 100% 0%)
Tints · Shades · Tones
Tints
- FFFF4B
- FEFF6B
- FEFF83
- FEFF99
- FEFFAC
- FEFFBE
- FEFFCF
- FEFFE0
- FFFFF0
Shades
- DEDE00
- BEBE00
- 9E9E00
- 808000
- 636300
- 484800
- 2E2E00
- 161600
- 030300
Tones
- F1F237
- E4E54C
- D7D85A
- CACB64
- BDBF6C
- B0B273
- A4A577
- 98997B
- 8C8C7E
Color harmonies
Complementary +180°
- FFFF00
Yellow
- F4F3FF
≈ Cloud Break
Analogous -30° +30°
- FFFF00
Yellow
- FFF3DF
≈ Pale Pearl
- E0FFD9
≈ Transparent Green
Triadic +120° +240°
- FFFF00
Yellow
- E8F7FF
≈ Clear Skies
- FFF0F6
≈ Lavender Blush
Split-complementary +150° +210°
Tetradic +90° +180° +270°
Contrast & accessibility
Ag
FailOn white
WCAG 1.07:1 · APCA Lc 0
Ag
AAAOn black
WCAG 19.55:1 · APCA Lc 103
Best text color: #000000
WCAG 19.55:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 103
Contrast pairs
Code snippets
CSS
:root {
--yellow: #ffff00;
--yellow-rgb: 255 255 0;
--yellow-oklch: oklch(0.968 0.211 109.8);
}
.element {
color: var(--yellow);
background-color: hsl(60 100% 50%);
border-color: oklch(0.968 0.211 109.8);
}Tailwind CSS v4
@theme {
--color-yellow: #ffff00;
--color-yellow-50: #f6fcb5;
--color-yellow-100: #e9ef9c;
--color-yellow-200: #d7dd6c;
--color-yellow-300: #bbc114;
--color-yellow-400: #a9a600;
--color-yellow-500: #938d00;
--color-yellow-600: #7c7700;
--color-yellow-700: #635f00;
--color-yellow-800: #4b4500;
--color-yellow-900: #343000;
--color-yellow-950: #201c00;
}SCSS
$yellow: #ffff00;
$yellow-rgb: 255, 255, 0;
$yellow-light: mix(#fff, $yellow, 20%);
$yellow-dark: mix(#000, $yellow, 20%);
.element {
color: $yellow;
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($yellow, 0.35);
}