#ffff55

Color #ffff55

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ffff55

RGB

rgb(255, 255, 85)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 0%)

LAB

lab(97.41, -19.42, 77.31)

LCH

lch(97.41, 79.71, 104.1)

OKLCH

oklch(97.1%, 0.1832, 109.38)

HWB

hwb(60, 33.3%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5555ff

Analogous

#ffaa55

#ffff55

#aaff55

Triadic

#ffff55

#55ffff

#ff55ff

Split-complementary

#ffff55

#55aaff

#aa55ff

Tetradic

#ffff55

#55ff55

#5555ff

#ff55ff

Square

#ffff55

#55ffaa

#5555ff

#ff55aa

Shades

Color #ffff55 mixed toward black.

#ffff1c

#e3e300

#aaaa00

#717100

#393900

Tints

Color #ffff55 mixed toward white.

#ffff71

#ffff8e

#ffffaa

#ffffc6

#ffffe3

Tones

Color #ffff55 mixed toward gray.

#f1f163

#e3e371

#d5d580

#c6c68e

#b8b89c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ffff97 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#ffffa2 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#ffb9bf · ΔE 47.4

Achromatopsia

#f7f7f7 · ΔE 28.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffff55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffff55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ffff55 (#ffff55) is rgb(255, 255, 85) in RGB.

No, #ffff55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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