#FFE979#FFE979

#FFE979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE979
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.10, -6.31, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.10, 56.85, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.97% -0.0197 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(92.97% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.8326, 80.9212, 29.8157)
Luminance	0.8092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE979 #798FFF

analogous

#FFA679 #FFE979 #D2FF79

triadic

#FFE979 #79FFE9 #E979FF

tetradic

#FFE979 #79FFA6 #798FFF #FF79D2

square

#FFE979 #79FFA6 #798FFF #FF79D2

split-complementary

#FFE979 #79D2FF #A679FF

monochromatic

#FED400 #FFDF3C #FFE979 #FFF3B6 #FFFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FFE979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#FFE979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE979

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE979	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)

#FCE46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#ffe979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe979;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92972,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE979

secondary

#3F59DD

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE979

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

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