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#ffee55

a light, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
255, 238, 85
HSL
54°, 100%, 67%
CMYK
0, 7, 67, 0
Luminance
0.8306

Every format

HEX#ffee55
RGBrgb(255, 238, 85)
HSLhsl(54, 100%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 67%, 0%)
LABlab(93.0 -11.2 72.9)
LCHlch(93.0 73.8 98.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.936 0.168 102.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ffee55;
background-color: #ffee55;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffee55] bg-[#ffee55]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffee55;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.933, blue: 0.333)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffee55")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ffee55 on white: 1.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ffee55 on black: 17.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green93.3%
Blue33.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta6.7%
Yellow66.7%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ffee55 text on a black background

contrast 17.61:1

Card sample

#ffee55 text on a white background

contrast 1.19:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ffee55;
Background color
Panel with #ffee55 background
background-color: #ffee55;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffee55;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 238, 85, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 238, 85, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffee55;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffee55, #9FFF55);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ffee55

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ffee55 in the Color Lab