#ffffaa

Color #ffffaa

A vivid, highly saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 9.67 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ffffaa

RGB

rgb(255, 255, 170)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.3%, 0%)

LAB

lab(98.31, -12.39, 40.7)

LCH

lch(98.31, 42.54, 106.93)

OKLCH

oklch(98.1%, 0.1058, 108.18)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaaaff

Analogous

#ffd4aa

#ffffaa

#d4ffaa

Triadic

#ffffaa

#aaffff

#ffaaff

Split-complementary

#ffffaa

#aad4ff

#d4aaff

Tetradic

#ffffaa

#aaffaa

#aaaaff

#ffaaff

Square

#ffffaa

#aaffd4

#aaaaff

#ffaad4

Shades

Color #ffffaa mixed toward black.

#ffff63

#ffff1c

#d4d400

#8e8e00

#474700

Tints

Color #ffffaa mixed toward white.

#ffffb8

#ffffc6

#ffffd4

#ffffe3

#fffff1

Tones

Color #ffffaa mixed toward gray.

#f8f8b1

#f1f1b8

#eaeabf

#e3e3c6

#dcdccd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

20.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (20.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ffffc3 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#ffffc9 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#ffd4d8 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#fafafa · ΔE 22

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffffaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffffaa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ffffaa (#ffffaa) is rgb(255, 255, 170) in RGB.

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

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