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#ffff00

Yellow Color

Web safe Yellows

One of the oldest color words in most languages, and one of the three primary subtractive (pigment) colors.

Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ffff00

RGB

rgb(255, 255, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 0%)

LAB

lab(97.14, -21.55, 94.48)

LCH

lch(97.14, 96.91, 102.85)

OKLCH

oklch(96.8%, 0.211, 109.77)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000ff

Analogous

#ff8000

#ffff00

#80ff00

Triadic

#ffff00

#00ffff

#ff00ff

Split-complementary

#ffff00

#0080ff

#8000ff

Tetradic

#ffff00

#00ff00

#0000ff

#ff00ff

Square

#ffff00

#00ff80

#0000ff

#ff0080

Shades

Yellow Color mixed toward black.

#d5d500

#aaaa00

#808000

#555500

#2a2a00

Tints

Yellow Color mixed toward white.

#ffff2a

#ffff55

#ffff80

#ffffaa

#ffffd5

Tones

Yellow Color mixed toward gray.

#eaea15

#d5d52a

#bfbf40

#aaaa55

#95956a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ffff87 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#ffff95 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#ffb0b7 · ΔE 51.7

Achromatopsia

#f7f7f7 · ΔE 30.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffff00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffff00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

Yellow (#ffff00) is rgb(255, 255, 0) in RGB.

Yes, #ffff00 is one of the 216 web-safe colors — every channel is a multiple of 51.

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