#F9DB72#F9DB72

#F9DB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.129 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB72
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.98, -2.23, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.98, 54.82, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0083 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.129 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.4383, 72.0208, 26.2655)
Luminance	0.7202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB72 #7290F9

analogous

#F99772 #F9DB72 #D3F972

triadic

#F9DB72 #72F9DB #DB72F9

tetradic

#F9DB72 #72F997 #7290F9 #F972D3

square

#F9DB72 #72F997 #7290F9 #F972D3

split-complementary

#F9DB72 #72D3F9 #9772F9

monochromatic

#E7B60A #F7CC37 #F9DB72 #FBEAAD #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#F9DB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB72

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB72	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.129 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee59d',
    500: '#f9db72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db72;
$custom-light: #fee59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89567,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB72

secondary

#3B5DD4

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB72

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

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