#FFEE79#FFEE79

#FFEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.139 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEE79
RGB	rgb(255, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.36, -8.79, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.36, 58.65, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.97% -0.0268 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(93.97% 0.139 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.2681, 83.7923, 30.2942)
Luminance	0.8379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEE79 #798AFF

analogous

#FFAB79 #FFEE79 #CDFF79

triadic

#FFEE79 #79FFEE #EE79FF

tetradic

#FFEE79 #79FFAB #798AFF #FF79CD

square

#FFEE79 #79FFAB #798AFF #FF79CD

split-complementary

#FFEE79 #79CDFF #AB79FF

monochromatic

#FEDD00 #FFE63C #FFEE79 #FFF6B6 #FFFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FFEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.76

#FFEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEE79

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEE79	1.00	1.18	17.76	17.76
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.139 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff3a3',
    500: '#ffee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffee79;
$custom-light: #fff3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93974,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEE79

secondary

#3F53DD

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEE79

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

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