#FFE79D#FFE79D

#FFE79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.096 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE79D
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.06, -1.91, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.06, 39.06, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(93.1% -0.0037 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(93.1% 0.096 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.9033, 80.8488, 43.4989)
Luminance	0.8085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE79D #9DB5FF

analogous

#FFB69D #FFE79D #E6FF9D

triadic

#FFE79D #9DFFE7 #E79DFF

tetradic

#FFE79D #9DFFB6 #9DB5FF #FF9DE6

square

#FFE79D #9DFFB6 #9DB5FF #FF9DE6

split-complementary

#FFE79D #9DE6FF #B69DFF

monochromatic

#FFC923 #FFD860 #FFE79D #FFF6DA #FFF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.17

#FFE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE79D

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE79D	1.00	1.22	17.17	17.17
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.096 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeeba',
    500: '#ffe79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe79d;
$custom-light: #ffeeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93099,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE79D

secondary

#5E7EE3

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE79D

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

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