#F9DB74#F9DB74

#F9DB74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB74
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.00, -2.07, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.00, 53.90, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0076 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5534, 72.0668, 26.8716)
Luminance	0.7206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB74 #7492F9

analogous

#F99974 #F9DB74 #D5F974

triadic

#F9DB74 #74F9DB #DB74F9

tetradic

#F9DB74 #74F999 #7492F9 #F974D5

square

#F9DB74 #74F999 #7492F9 #F974D5

split-complementary

#F9DB74 #74D5F9 #9974F9

monochromatic

#E9B60A #F6CC39 #F9DB74 #FCEAAF #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#F9DB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB74

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB74	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED76B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee59e',
    500: '#f9db74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db74;
$custom-light: #fee59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89592,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB74

secondary

#3D5FD5

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB74

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

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