What color is #FFF39A?

#FFF39A is a light, vivid yellow known as Goldilocks. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Goldilocks?

The RGB value is 255, 243, 154: 255 red, 243 green and 154 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Goldilocks?

The complementary color is #9AA6FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFF39A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 18.54:1 and white text 1.13:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Goldilocks color: hex code #FFF39A

#FFF39A rgb(255, 243, 154)

Shades of yellow

Goldilocks has the hex code #FFF39A. It is a light, vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 95.3% green and 60.4% blue (255, 243, 154).

Its hue angle is 53°, with 100% saturation and 80% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 40% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 18.54:1).

Goldilocks (#FFF39A) color codes

HEX	`#FFF39A`
RGB	`rgb(255, 243, 154)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 95.3%, 60.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(53, 100%, 80%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(53, 40%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 5%, 40%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(95.03, -8.23, 44.33)`
CIE LCH	`lch(95.03, 45.09, 100.52)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(79.125, 87.696, 43.325)`
Decimal	`16774042`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Goldilocks, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFF39A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	18.54:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.13:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFF39A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.13:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	18.54:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFF39A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #fff39a; }
.text { color: #fff39a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fff39a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 243 154 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #fff39a, #d9ff9a); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Pastel Yellow.

See #FFF39A on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFF39A?: #FFF39A is a light, vivid yellow known as Goldilocks. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Goldilocks?: The RGB value is 255, 243, 154: 255 red, 243 green and 154 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Goldilocks?: The complementary color is #9AA6FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFF39A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 18.54:1 and white text 1.13:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.