#FFDE79#FFDE79

#FFDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.126 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFDE79
RGB	rgb(255, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -0.77, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 53.23, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0037 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.126 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.8152, 74.8863, 28.8099)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFDE79 #799AFF

analogous

#FF9B79 #FFDE79 #DDFF79

triadic

#FFDE79 #79FFDE #DE79FF

tetradic

#FFDE79 #79FF9B #799AFF #FF79DD

square

#FFDE79 #79FF9B #799AFF #FF79DD

split-complementary

#FFDE79 #79DDFF #9B79FF

monochromatic

#FEBF00 #FFCF3C #FFDE79 #FFEDB6 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FFDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#FFDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFDE79

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFDE79	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.126 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a2',
    500: '#ffde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffde79;
$custom-light: #ffe8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90792,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFDE79

secondary

#3F66DD

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFDE79

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

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