#ffff96

Color #ffff96

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 10.75 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ffff96

RGB

rgb(255, 255, 150)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 41.2%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.2%, 0%)

LAB

lab(98.03, -14.53, 50.05)

LCH

lch(98.03, 52.12, 106.19)

OKLCH

oklch(97.8%, 0.1276, 108.55)

HWB

hwb(60, 58.8%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9696ff

Analogous

#ffca96

#ffff96

#caff96

Triadic

#ffff96

#96ffff

#ff96ff

Split-complementary

#ffff96

#96caff

#ca96ff

Tetradic

#ffff96

#96ff96

#9696ff

#ff96ff

Square

#ffff96

#96ffca

#9696ff

#ff96ca

Shades

Color #ffff96 mixed toward black.

#ffff52

#ffff0f

#caca00

#878700

#434300

Tints

Color #ffff96 mixed toward white.

#ffffa7

#ffffb9

#ffffca

#ffffdc

#ffffed

Tones

Color #ffff96 mixed toward gray.

#f6f69f

#ededa7

#e5e5b0

#dcdcb9

#d3d3c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

20:1

Black text reads better on this background (20:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ffffb7 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#ffffbe · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#ffccd1 · ΔE 37.8

Achromatopsia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 24.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffff96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffff96]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ffff96 (#ffff96) is rgb(255, 255, 150) in RGB.

No, #ffff96 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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