#FFFF79#FFFF79

#FFFF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.942; OKLCH L 97.4% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFFF79
RGB	rgb(255, 255, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.70, -17.10, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.70, 65.31, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(97.42% -0.0506 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(97.42% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(80.4532, 94.1625, 32.0226)
Luminance	0.9416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFFF79 #7979FF

analogous

#FFBC79 #FFFF79 #BCFF79

triadic

#FFFF79 #79FFFF #FF79FF

tetradic

#FFFF79 #79FFBC #7979FF #FF79BC

square

#FFFF79 #79FFBC #7979FF #FF79BC

split-complementary

#FFFF79 #79BCFF #BC79FF

monochromatic

#FEFE00 #FFFF3C #FFFF79 #FFFFB6 #FFFFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FFFF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.83

#FFFF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFFF79

19.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFFF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFFF79	1.00	1.06	19.83	19.83
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFFB80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFF1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F8F8F8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffff79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 255, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.4% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffffa3',
    500: '#ffff79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffff79;
$custom-light: #ffffa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffff79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97422,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.9416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFFF79

secondary

#3F3FDD

accent

#00E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF6

border

#D7D7D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFFF79

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

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