#FFE79B#FFE79B

#FFE79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.098 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE79B
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 155)
HSL	hsl(46, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -2.12, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 40.04, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0044 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.098 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.7340, 80.7810, 42.6069)
Luminance	0.8078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE79B #9BB3FF

analogous

#FFB59B #FFE79B #E5FF9B

triadic

#FFE79B #9BFFE7 #E79BFF

tetradic

#FFE79B #9BFFB5 #9BB3FF #FF9BE5

square

#FFE79B #9BFFB5 #9BB3FF #FF9BE5

split-complementary

#FFE79B #9BE5FF #B59BFF

monochromatic

#FFCA21 #FFD85E #FFE79B #FFF6D8 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#FFE79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE79B

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE79B	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.098 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeb9',
    500: '#ffe79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe79b;
$custom-light: #ffeeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93065,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE79B

secondary

#5C7CE2

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE79B

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

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