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yellow

#FFFF00

yellowCSS named color.

Formats

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Contrast & legibility

Text on white1.07:1 AA ✗
Text on black19.56:1 AA ✓

WCAG 2.2 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Check any pair →

Tints & shades

An 11-stop OKLCH ramp through yellow (the same engine as the theme builder). Click any stop to open its page.

Harmonies

Explore all harmonies for #FFFF00

Color-blindness preview

#fff400

Protanopia

#fffa31

Deuteranopia

#ffeed9

Tritanopia

#f7f7f7

Achromatopsia

How yellow appears to viewers with each color-vision deficiency. Full simulator →

About yellow

#FFFF00 is yellow, a css named color. This page shows its rgb(255, 255, 0) / hsl(60, 100%, 50.05%) / oklch(0.968 0.211 109.77) values, WCAG contrast against black and white, an OKLCH tint-and-shade ramp, and complementary, analogous, and triadic harmonies — all computed in perceptually-uniform OKLCH.