diff --git a/Json5/Json5Number.cs b/Json5/Json5Number.cs
index f2aabe5..0aa1086 100644
--- a/Json5/Json5Number.cs
+++ b/Json5/Json5Number.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+
 namespace Json5
 {
     public class Json5Number : Json5Primitive
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ protected override object Value
 
         internal override string ToJson5String(string space, string indent)
         {
-            return this.value.ToString();
+            return this.value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
         }
 
         public static implicit operator double(Json5Number value)
diff --git a/Json5/Parsing/Json5Lexer.cs b/Json5/Parsing/Json5Lexer.cs
index b56f1ee..d9c9a3c 100644
--- a/Json5/Parsing/Json5Lexer.cs
+++ b/Json5/Parsing/Json5Lexer.cs
@@ -558,7 +558,8 @@ public Json5Token Read()
                     }
 
                     // Parse this value with BigInteger because ulong can only parse numbers up to 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.
-                    return Token(Json5TokenType.Number, sign * (double)BigInteger.Parse(valueBuffer, NumberStyles.HexNumber), inputBuffer);
+                    // Add '0' to valueBuffer since otherwise it will be parsed as signed value (e.g. ff would be -1) 
+                    return Token(Json5TokenType.Number, sign * (double)BigInteger.Parse("0" + valueBuffer, NumberStyles.HexNumber), inputBuffer);
 
                 case State.String:
                     switch (r)