#FFE579#FFE579

#FFE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.131 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE579
RGB	rgb(255, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -4.30, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 55.47, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.0139 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.131 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.7131, 78.6822, 29.4425)
Luminance	0.7868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE579 #7993FF

analogous

#FFA279 #FFE579 #D6FF79

triadic

#FFE579 #79FFE5 #E579FF

tetradic

#FFE579 #79FFA2 #7993FF #FF79D6

square

#FFE579 #79FFA2 #7993FF #FF79D6

split-complementary

#FFE579 #79D6FF #A279FF

monochromatic

#FECC00 #FFD93C #FFE579 #FFF1B6 #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FFE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#FFE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE579

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE579	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.131 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda2',
    500: '#ffe579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe579;
$custom-light: #ffeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92176,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE579

secondary

#3F5EDD

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE579

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

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