HEX Color #FFFF8A (Khaki)

About #FFFF8A

At its core, #FFFF8A is a light and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Khaki. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(255, 255, 138).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 60.0° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 77.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FFFF8A

RGB255, 255, 138

HSL60.0°, 100.0%, 77.1%

CMYK0%, 0%, 46%, 0%

HSV60.0°, 45.9%, 100.0%

LAB97.9, -15.7, 55.5

XYZ81.6, 94.6, 38.0

Decimal16777098

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#FFFF8A #8989FF

Analogous

#FFC489 #C4FF89

Triadic

#89FEFF #FF89FE

Tetradic

#89FFC4 #8989FF #FF89C4

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#FFFF8A

#FFFF97

#FFFFA4

#FFFFB1

#FFFFBE

#FFFFCB

#FFFFD8

#FFFFE5

#FFFFF2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#FFFF8A

#E2E27A

#C6C66B

#AAAA5C

#8D8D4C

#71713D

#55552E

#38381E

#1C1C0F

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.05:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

19.92:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.01:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

16.94:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FFFF8A; }

.text-color { color: #FFFF8A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #FFFF8A; }

Similar Colors

Khaki

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