#FFE879#FFE879

#FFE879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.134 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE879
RGB	rgb(255, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.84, -5.81, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.84, 56.50, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.77% -0.0183 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(92.77% 0.134 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.5503, 80.3567, 29.7216)
Luminance	0.8035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE879 #7990FF

analogous

#FFA579 #FFE879 #D3FF79

triadic

#FFE879 #79FFE8 #E879FF

tetradic

#FFE879 #79FFA5 #7990FF #FF79D3

square

#FFE879 #79FFA5 #7990FF #FF79D3

split-complementary

#FFE879 #79D3FF #A579FF

monochromatic

#FED200 #FFDD3C #FFE879 #FFF3B6 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FFE879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#FFE879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE879

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE879	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.134 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#ffe879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe879;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92773,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE879

secondary

#3F5ADD

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE879

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

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