#FFD879#FFD879

#FFD879 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.122 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFD879
RGB	rgb(255, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(43, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, 2.28, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 51.49, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% 0.0052 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.122 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.2499, 71.7557, 28.2881)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFD879 #79A0FF

analogous

#FF9579 #FFD879 #E3FF79

triadic

#FFD879 #79FFD8 #D879FF

tetradic

#FFD879 #79FF95 #79A0FF #FF79E3

square

#FFD879 #79FF95 #79A0FF #FF79E3

split-complementary

#FFD879 #79E3FF #9579FF

monochromatic

#FEB400 #FFC63C #FFD879 #FFEAB6 #FFF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FFD879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#FFD879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFD879

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFD879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFD879	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffd879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.122 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe3a2',
    500: '#ffd879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffd879;
$custom-light: #ffe3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffd879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89618,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFD879

secondary

#3F6DDD

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFD879

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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