#FFE179#FFE179

#FFE179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.128 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE179
RGB	rgb(255, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -2.29, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 54.16, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0081 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.128 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.6190, 76.4941, 29.0778)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE179 #7997FF

analogous

#FF9E79 #FFE179 #DAFF79

triadic

#FFE179 #79FFE1 #E179FF

tetradic

#FFE179 #79FF9E #7997FF #FF79DA

square

#FFE179 #79FF9E #7997FF #FF79DA

split-complementary

#FFE179 #79DAFF #9E79FF

monochromatic

#FEC500 #FFD33C #FFE179 #FFEFB6 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FFE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#FFE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE179

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE179	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.128 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa2',
    500: '#ffe179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe179;
$custom-light: #ffeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91383,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE179

secondary

#3F62DD

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE179

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

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