#FFEC79#FFEC79

#FFEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEC79
RGB	rgb(255, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.85, -7.80, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.85, 57.92, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(93.57% -0.024 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(93.57% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.6891, 82.6342, 30.1012)
Luminance	0.8263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEC79 #798CFF

analogous

#FFA979 #FFEC79 #CFFF79

triadic

#FFEC79 #79FFEC #EC79FF

tetradic

#FFEC79 #79FFA9 #798CFF #FF79CF

square

#FFEC79 #79FFA9 #798CFF #FF79CF

split-complementary

#FFEC79 #79CFFF #A979FF

monochromatic

#FEDA00 #FFE33C #FFEC79 #FFF5B6 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#FFEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEC79

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEC79	1.00	1.20	17.53	17.53
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1a2',
    500: '#ffec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffec79;
$custom-light: #fff1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93572,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEC79

secondary

#3F55DD

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEC79

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

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