#FFE779#FFE779

#FFE779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.133 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE779
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -5.31, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 56.15, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.0168 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.133 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.2696, 79.7953, 29.6280)
Luminance	0.7979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE779 #7991FF

analogous

#FFA479 #FFE779 #D4FF79

triadic

#FFE779 #79FFE7 #E779FF

tetradic

#FFE779 #79FFA4 #7991FF #FF79D4

square

#FFE779 #79FFA4 #7991FF #FF79D4

split-complementary

#FFE779 #79D4FF #A479FF

monochromatic

#FED000 #FFDC3C #FFE779 #FFF2B6 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FFE779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#FFE779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE779

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE779	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.133 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeea2',
    500: '#ffe779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe779;
$custom-light: #ffeea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92573,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE779

secondary

#3F5BDD

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE779

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

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