#FFE79E#FFE79E

#FFE79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.095 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE79E
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 158)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 38%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.08, -1.80, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.08, 38.58, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(93.12% -0.0033 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(93.12% 0.095 92)
XYZ	xyz(75.9891, 80.8831, 43.9503)
Luminance	0.8088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE79E #9EB6FF

analogous

#FFB69E #FFE79E #E6FF9E

triadic

#FFE79E #9EFFE7 #E79EFF

tetradic

#FFE79E #9EFFB6 #9EB6FF #FF9EE6

square

#FFE79E #9EFFB6 #9EB6FF #FF9EE6

split-complementary

#FFE79E #9EE6FF #B69EFF

monochromatic

#FFC924 #FFD861 #FFE79E #FFF6DB #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#FFE79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE79E

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE79E	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.095 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeebb',
    500: '#ffe79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe79e;
$custom-light: #ffeebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93116,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.8088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE79E

secondary

#5F7FE3

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE79E

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

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