#FFED79#FFED79

#FFED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.832; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFED79
RGB	rgb(255, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.11, -8.30, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.11, 58.28, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(93.77% -0.0254 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(93.77% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.9778, 83.2116, 30.1974)
Luminance	0.8321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFED79 #798BFF

analogous

#FFAA79 #FFED79 #CEFF79

triadic

#FFED79 #79FFED #ED79FF

tetradic

#FFED79 #79FFAA #798BFF #FF79CE

square

#FFED79 #79FFAA #798BFF #FF79CE

split-complementary

#FFED79 #79CEFF #AA79FF

monochromatic

#FEDC00 #FFE53C #FFED79 #FFF5B6 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.64

#FFED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFED79

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFED79	1.00	1.19	17.64	17.64
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffed79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff2a2',
    500: '#ffed79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffed79;
$custom-light: #fff2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffed79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93773,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFED79

secondary

#3F54DD

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFED79

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

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