#FFE79A#FFE79A

#FFE79A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.099 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE79A
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 154)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 39.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -2.23, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 40.52, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(93.05% -0.0048 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(93.05% 0.099 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.6504, 80.7476, 42.1665)
Luminance	0.8075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE79A #9AB2FF

analogous

#FFB59A #FFE79A #E4FF9A

triadic

#FFE79A #9AFFE7 #E79AFF

tetradic

#FFE79A #9AFFB5 #9AB2FF #FF9AE4

square

#FFE79A #9AFFB5 #9AB2FF #FF9AE4

split-complementary

#FFE79A #9AE4FF #B59AFF

monochromatic

#FFCA20 #FFD85D #FFE79A #FFF6D7 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#FFE79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE79A

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE79A	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.099 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb8',
    500: '#ffe79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe79a;
$custom-light: #ffeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93049,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE79A

secondary

#5B7BE2

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE79A

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

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