#FFE79C#FFE79C

#FFE79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.097 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE79C
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 156)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(45, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 38.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -2.02, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 39.55, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(93.08% -0.004 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(93.08% 0.097 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.8183, 80.8148, 43.0511)
Luminance	0.8081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE79C #9CB4FF

analogous

#FFB59C #FFE79C #E5FF9C

triadic

#FFE79C #9CFFE7 #E79CFF

tetradic

#FFE79C #9CFFB5 #9CB4FF #FF9CE5

square

#FFE79C #9CFFB5 #9CB4FF #FF9CE5

split-complementary

#FFE79C #9CE5FF #B59CFF

monochromatic

#FFC922 #FFD85F #FFE79C #FFF6D9 #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#FFE79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE79C

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE79C	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)

#F6E497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.097 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeba',
    500: '#ffe79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe79c;
$custom-light: #ffeeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93082,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE79C

secondary

#5D7DE2

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE79C

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

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