#F9D74E#F9D74E

#F9D74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.155 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D74E
RGB	rgb(249, 215, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68.7%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -2.51, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 68.97, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0133 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.155 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7457, 69.2941, 17.1710)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D74E #4E70F9

analogous

#F9824E #F9D74E #C6F94E

triadic

#F9D74E #4EF9D7 #D74EF9

tetradic

#F9D74E #4EF982 #4E70F9 #F94EC6

square

#F9D74E #4EF982 #4E70F9 #F94EC6

split-complementary

#F9D74E #4EC6F9 #824EF9

monochromatic

#C6A007 #F7CA13 #F9D74E #FBE489 #FDF2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#F9D74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#F9D74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D74E

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D74E	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 215, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.155 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe387',
    500: '#f9d74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d74e;
$custom-light: #ffe387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.07,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88412,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D74E

secondary

#2947C3

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D74E

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

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