Start generating
FFCB79

#FFCB79 Cheesus

#FFCB79 is a very light, moderately saturated yellow named Cheesus. In the RGB color model it is made of 100.0% red, 79.6% green and 47.5% blue (rgb(255, 203, 121)). Its HSL value is 37° hue, 100% saturation and 74% lightness, and in CMYK it is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 53% yellow and 0% black. #FFCB79 is a warm color. Black text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 14.07:1.

Make a palette with #FFCB79

#FFCB79 color conversion

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSB / HSV
HWB
CMYK
XYZ
CIELAB
CIELCh
CIELUV
OKLCH

Variations of #FFCB79

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

FFCB79DEB068BE96589E7D48806539634D2B48371D2E2210160F05030201

Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

FFCB79FFD088FFD696FFDBA4FFE0B2FFE6BFFFEBCCFFF0D9FFF5E6FFFAF2

Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

FFCB79F2C37BE5BC7DD8B47FCBAD80BEA580B19E81A59681988F818C8781

Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

FFC4BCFFC5B4FFC6AAFFC89FFFC990FFCB79F5D077E9D578DCDA7DCEDF85BFE38F

Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

D4BFA2DDC29BE5C493EEC68BF6C982FFCB79FFC876FFC673FFC36FFFC06CFFBE69

#FFCB79 color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

FFCB7979ADFF
Open in generator →

Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

FFCB7979F0FF8879FF
Open in generator →

Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

FFCB79FF8879F0FF79
Open in generator →

Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

FFCB7979FFCBCB79FF
Open in generator →

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

FFCB79ADFF7979ADFFCB79FF
Open in generator →

Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

FFCB7979FF8879ADFFFF79F0
Open in generator →

#FFCB79 for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #FFCB79 appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 91% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #ECD97B
  • Protanopia 90% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #E0CC72
  • Protanomaly 93% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #E9CD74
  • Deuteranopia 91% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #ECD97B
  • Deuteranomaly 94% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #F1D47A
  • Tritanopia 81% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #FFBCB7
  • Tritanomaly 91% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #FFC59A
  • Achromatopsia 77% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #D3D3D3
  • Achromatomaly 82% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #DFD1C2

#FFCB79 contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.49:1 Very poor#FFCB79 text on white
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
14.07:1 Super#FFCB79 text on black
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass

Need another background? Pick any pair in the palette generator and open the contrast panel.

Colors similar to #FFCB79

Palettes with #FFCB79

#FFCB79 in CSS

/* Cheesus */
.color { color: #FFCB79; }
.background { background-color: #FFCB79; }
.border { border: 1px solid #FFCB79; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(255 203 121);
color: hsl(37 100% 74%);
color: oklch(0.871 0.116 77.7);

#FFCB79 FAQ

What color is #FFCB79?

#FFCB79 is a very light, moderately saturated yellow. Its closest named color is Cheesus. It belongs to the yellow color family and is a warm color.

What is the RGB value of #FFCB79?

#FFCB79 is rgb(255, 203, 121) in RGB, hsl(37, 100%, 74%) in HSL and cmyk(0%, 20%, 53%, 0%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #FFCB79?

The complementary color of #FFCB79 is #79ADFF, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #FFCB79?

Black text has the best contrast on #FFCB79: 14.07:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #FFCB79 a warm or cool color?

#FFCB79 is a warm color.