#FFE479#FFE479

#FFE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.130 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE479
RGB	rgb(255, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -3.80, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 55.14, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0125 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.13 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.4372, 78.1304, 29.3505)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE479 #7994FF

analogous

#FFA179 #FFE479 #D7FF79

triadic

#FFE479 #79FFE4 #E479FF

tetradic

#FFE479 #79FFA1 #7994FF #FF79D7

square

#FFE479 #79FFA1 #7994FF #FF79D7

split-complementary

#FFE479 #79D7FF #A179FF

monochromatic

#FECA00 #FFD83C #FFE479 #FFF0B6 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FFE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#FFE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE479

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE479	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.130 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca2',
    500: '#ffe479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe479;
$custom-light: #ffeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91977,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE479

secondary

#3F5FDD

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE479

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

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