CSS named color

Light Yellow #FFFFE0

The CSS keyword lightyellow is #FFFFE0. It is a pale grayish yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.992, chroma 0.040 and hue 107.1°.

Relative luminance: 0.9816
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.992 · 0.040 · 107.1
Best text: Black 20.63:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FFFFE0 color codes

HEX: #FFFFE0
RGB: rgb(255, 255, 224)
HSL: hsl(60, 100%, 94%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.992 0.040 107.1)
OKLab: oklab(0.992 -0.012 0.038)
CIELAB (D65): L* 99.29, a* -5.11, b* 14.84
XYZ (D65): X 90.45, Y 98.16, Z 84.69
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 0%, 12%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FFFFE0 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 20.63:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.01:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

20.63:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +104
White text on it

1.01:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.01:1
As text on black

20.63:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −106
As text on white

1.01:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.01:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#79785D 4.50:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.99 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFFFE0 20.63:1

It already reaches 20.63:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFFFE0 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FFFFE0

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFFFE0 sits at step 50.

50This color#FFFFE0

White
1.01
Black
20.63
100#EDEDD4

White
1.18
Black
17.66
200#DADABF

White
1.42
Black
14.76
300#C0C0A4

White
1.85
Black
11.31
400#A4A487

White
2.54
Black
8.23
500#88886C

White
3.63
Black
5.78
600#717156

White
5.00
Black
4.19
700#5A5A40

White
7.06
Black
2.97
800#42412A

White
10.38
Black
2.02
900#2B2A16

White
14.52
Black
1.44
950#181706

White
18.04
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FFFFE0 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.040; #FFFFE0 uses 100% of it. Display P3 reaches no further at this hue.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.040
sRGB edge: 0.040
Display P3 edge: 0.040
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.047
Dominant wavelength: 570 nm
Excitation purity: 14%
Chromaticity: x 0.3310, y 0.3592

This color#FFFFE0
Most vivid in sRGB#FFFFE0
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.992 0.040 107.1)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ffffe0;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 1 0.8902); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFFFE0

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FFFFF0
OKLab50%#FFFFF0
OKLCH50%#FFFFF0

Black #000000

sRGB50%#808070
OKLab50%#636356
OKLCH50%#636356

Its complement #FCFCFF

sRGB50%#FEFEF0
OKLab50%#FDFEF0
OKLCH50%#F4FFFF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffffe0, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffffe0 50%, white);

In use

#FFFFE0 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:120.63:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.01:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.01:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.01:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #79785D 4.50:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:120.63:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:118.40:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:118.40:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:118.40:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFFFE0 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 12.1; deuteranopia changes it least, 0.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#FFFCDE ΔE2000 1.4

Very close

Reads as pale grayish yellow
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FFFEE1 ΔE2000 0.8

Imperceptible

Reads as pale grayish yellow
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFFBF6 ΔE2000 10.5

Distinct

Reads as white
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#FDFDFD ΔE2000 12.1

Distinct

Reads as white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #FCFCFF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FFFFE0 · #FCFCFF	14.2	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FFFCDE · #FBFCFF	13.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FFFEE1 · #FBFCFF	13.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFFBF6 · #FBFCFD	3.4	Easily confused
Achromatopsia	#FDFDFD · #FCFCFC	0.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFFFE0

Its complement is #FCFCFF, a near-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FFFFE0
Complement#FCFCFF

Complementary

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−30°#FFFCF8
Base#FFFFE0
+30°#F8FFF5

Analogous

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Base#FFFFE0
+120°#F9FDFF
+240°#FFFBFD

Triadic

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Base#FFFFE0
+150°#FBFDFF
+210°#FEFBFF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lightyellow: #ffffe0;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lightyellow: '#ffffe0',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-lightyellow: oklch(0.992 0.040 107.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lightyellow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 1, 0.8784],
        "hex": "#ffffe0"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color lightyellow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lightyellow = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 1.000, blue: 0.878, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lightyellow = Color(0xFFFFFFE0)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Light Yellow #FFFFE0

#FFFFE0 color codes

Contrast: is #FFFFE0 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FFFFE0 live

Shades and tints of #FFFFE0

How vivid #FFFFE0 can get

Mixing #FFFFE0

#FFFFE0 in an interface

How #FFFFE0 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFFFE0

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FFFFE0 in the tools