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Light Yellow Color

#ffffe0

Light Yellow Color

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A vivid, highly saturated very light yellow.

Nearest Tailwind class lime-50 #f7fee7 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ffffe0

RGB

rgb(255, 255, 224)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 93.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 12.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.2%, 0%)

LAB

lab(99.29, -5.11, 14.84)

LCH

lch(99.29, 15.7, 109)

OKLCH

oklch(99.2%, 0.0403, 107.04)

HWB

hwb(60, 87.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0e0ff

Analogous

#ffefe0

#ffffe0

#efffe0

Triadic

#ffffe0

#e0ffff

#ffe0ff

Split-complementary

#ffffe0

#e0efff

#efe0ff

Tetradic

#ffffe0

#e0ffe0

#e0e0ff

#ffe0ff

Square

#ffffe0

#e0ffef

#e0e0ff

#ffe0ef

Shades

Light Yellow Color mixed toward black.

#ffff90

#ffff40

#efef00

#a0a000

#505000

Tints

Light Yellow Color mixed toward white.

#ffffe5

#ffffea

#ffffef

#fffff5

#fffffa

Tones

Light Yellow Color mixed toward gray.

#fcfce2

#fafae5

#f7f7e8

#f5f5ea

#f2f2ed

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

20.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (20.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ffffe8 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#ffffea · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#ffeeef · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#fdfdfd · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffffe0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffffe0]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

Light Yellow (#ffffe0) is rgb(255, 255, 224) in RGB.

No, #ffffe0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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