#ffff40
a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: yellow
RGB
255, 255, 64
HSL
60°, 100%, 63%
CMYK
0, 0, 75, 0
Luminance
0.9315
Every format
| HEX | #ffff40 |
| RGB | rgb(255, 255, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 100%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 75%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(97.3 -20.3 84.1) |
| LCH | lch(97.3 86.5 103.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.970 0.195 109.5) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffff40;
background-color: #ffff40;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffff40] bg-[#ffff40]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffff40;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 1.000, blue: 0.251)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffff40")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffff40 on white: 1.07:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffff40 on black: 19.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green100.0%
Blue25.1%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow74.9%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffff40 text on a black background
contrast 19.63:1
Card sample
#ffff40 text on a white background
contrast 1.07:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffff40;
Background color
Panel with #ffff40 background
background-color: #ffff40;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffff40;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 255, 64, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 255, 64, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffff40; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffff40, #7FFF40);