Light Yellow

Best set with black text. The pairing reaches 20.63:1 contrast and passes AAA for normal text.

Color values

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HEX#FFFFE0sRGB hexadecimal

RGBrgb(255, 255, 224)screen channels

HSLhsl(60, 100%, 94%)hue, saturation, lightness

CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 12%, 0%)approximate process color

Tailwindlime-50nearest palette utility, not an exact token

WCAG ratios

White textfails AA1.02:1

Black textAAA20.63:1

Recommendation

Use black text for the stronger built-in pairing. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text; AAA requires 7:1.

generated in color space

Tonal ramp

#050505

#515148

#A3A390

#FFFFE0

#FEFDE9

#FCFCF1

#FAFAFA

Analogous

#FFF0E0

#FFFFE0

#F0FFE0

Triadic

#FFFFE0

#E0FFFF

#FFE0FF

Complement

#FFFFE0

#E0E0FF

Lab distance · lower is closer

:root {
  --color-light-yellow: #FFFFE0;
}

.swatch {
  background: var(--color-light-yellow);
  color: #000000;
}

Hue109°

Lightness99 L*

Chroma15.7

Luminance0.982