#FFE79F#FFE79F

#FFE79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.094 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE79F
RGB	rgb(255, 231, 159)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.09, -1.69, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.09, 38.09, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.13% -0.0029 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(93.13% 0.094 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(76.0755, 80.9176, 44.4055)
Luminance	0.8092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE79F #9FB7FF

analogous

#FFB79F #FFE79F #E7FF9F

triadic

#FFE79F #9FFFE7 #E79FFF

tetradic

#FFE79F #9FFFB7 #9FB7FF #FF9FE7

square

#FFE79F #9FFFB7 #9FB7FF #FF9FE7

split-complementary

#FFE79F #9FE7FF #B79FFF

monochromatic

#FFC825 #FFD862 #FFE79F #FFF6DC #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#FFE79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE79F

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE79F	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)

#F6E49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 231, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.094 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeebc',
    500: '#ffe79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe79f;
$custom-light: #ffeebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93133,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE79F

secondary

#5F80E3

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE79F

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

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