#ffff2d

Color #ffff2d

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 5.61 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-300 #ffdf20 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ffff2d

RGB

rgb(255, 255, 45)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 82.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.4%, 0%)

LAB

lab(97.22, -20.93, 88.9)

LCH

lch(97.22, 91.33, 103.25)

OKLCH

oklch(96.9%, 0.2027, 109.66)

HWB

hwb(60, 17.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2d2dff

Analogous

#ff962d

#ffff2d

#96ff2d

Triadic

#ffff2d

#2dffff

#ff2dff

Split-complementary

#ffff2d

#2d96ff

#962dff

Tetradic

#ffff2d

#2dff2d

#2d2dff

#ff2dff

Square

#ffff2d

#2dff96

#2d2dff

#ff2d96

Shades

Color #ffff2d mixed toward black.

#fafa00

#c8c800

#969600

#646400

#323200

Tints

Color #ffff2d mixed toward white.

#ffff50

#ffff73

#ffff96

#ffffb9

#ffffdc

Tones

Color #ffff2d mixed toward gray.

#eded3e

#dcdc50

#caca61

#b9b973

#a7a784

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ffff8c · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#ffff99 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#ffb2ba · ΔE 51

Achromatopsia

#f7f7f7 · ΔE 29.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffff2d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffff2d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ffff2d (#ffff2d) is rgb(255, 255, 45) in RGB.

No, #ffff2d is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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