Yellow color: #ffff00
The CSS keyword yellow is #ffff00, rgb(255, 255, 0) or hsl(60, 100%, 50%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Yellow
Yellow is a vivid very light yellow. Its hue sits at 110° in OKLCH and 60° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword yellow is one of the sixteen original HTML 4 colors, the whole palette of CSS 1, so it is understood by every browser and every email client ever shipped.
Yellow tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding yellow’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 200 (#dddf74), the one outlined; step 500 is #8c8c00.
Harmonies built on Yellow
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps yellow’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #f4f3ff, closest to the named color aliceblue.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Yellow on white and on black
Black text reads better on yellow (19.55:1). As a text color it belongs on a dark background: on white it only reaches 1.07:1, under the 4.5:1 that body text needs, while on black it reaches 19.55:1. AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Yellow
Open yellow in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --yellow-50 … --yellow-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
Or browse every named color from the color converter.