#FFE279#FFE279

#FFE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.129 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE279
RGB	rgb(255, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -2.79, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 54.49, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0095 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.129 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.8902, 77.0364, 29.1682)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE279 #7996FF

analogous

#FF9F79 #FFE279 #D9FF79

triadic

#FFE279 #79FFE2 #E279FF

tetradic

#FFE279 #79FF9F #7996FF #FF79D9

square

#FFE279 #79FF9F #7996FF #FF79D9

split-complementary

#FFE279 #79D9FF #9F79FF

monochromatic

#FEC700 #FFD53C #FFE279 #FFEFB6 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FFE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#FFE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE279

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE279	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.129 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa2',
    500: '#ffe279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe279;
$custom-light: #ffeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91581,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE279

secondary

#3F61DD

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE279

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

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