Palettes / Colors / #FFFFFD

#FFFFFD — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFFFFD is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color White (#FFFFFF). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: white (#FFFFFF) — not an exact match. CSS white gives you #FFFFFF, a different color; use #FFFFFD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FFFFFD is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FFFFFF; it also sits naturally between #FFFFFF and #FFFFFF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 100% · Blue 99%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 1% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #FFFFFD

.text { color: #FFFFFD; }
.background { background-color: #FFFFFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFFFFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 255, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 100%, 100%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFFFFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 255, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFFFFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 255, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFFFFD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFFFFD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFFFFD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FFFFFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FFFFFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFFFFD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #FFFFFD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFFFFD rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFFFFC  ·  #FFFFFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFFFFD?

#FFFFFD is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 255, 253). Its closest standard named color is White.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFFFFD?

#FFFFFD is RGB 255, 255, 253 — HSL 60°, 100%, 100% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 1%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFFFFD?

Its complement is #FFFFFF; analogous partners are #FFFFFF and #FFFFFF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFFFFD for text?

Black text on #FFFFFD has a contrast ratio of 20.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.00:1.