Lemon yellow
#FFF44F
Lemon yellow (#FFF44F) is a light, vivid yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 255 red, 244 green and 79 blue; in HSL its hue is 56°, its saturation 100% and its lightness 65%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 69% yellow and 0% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on lemon yellow
White text on lemon yellow has a contrast ratio of 1.15:1 and fails; black text has 18.31:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.15:1
Black text · 18.31:1
Tints and shades of lemon yellow
Colour palettes with lemon yellow
Brands with a lemon yellow logo
Brand colours close to #FFF44F, from our Brand Colour Index.
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Use lemon yellow in CSS
.button {
background-color: #FFF44F;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.