#FFE079#FFE079

#FFE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.127 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE079
RGB	rgb(255, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -1.78, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 53.85, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0066 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.127 93)
XYZ	xyz(71.3495, 75.9550, 28.9880)
Luminance	0.7595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE079 #7998FF

analogous

#FF9D79 #FFE079 #DBFF79

triadic

#FFE079 #79FFE0 #E079FF

tetradic

#FFE079 #79FF9D #7998FF #FF79DB

square

#FFE079 #79FF9D #7998FF #FF79DB

split-complementary

#FFE079 #79DBFF #9D79FF

monochromatic

#FEC300 #FFD23C #FFE079 #FFEEB6 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FFE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#FFE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE079

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE079	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.127 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe9a2',
    500: '#ffe079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe079;
$custom-light: #ffe9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91186,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.75952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE079

secondary

#3F64DD

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE079

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

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