#F9DB76#F9DB76

#F9DB76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB76
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 118)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -1.91, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 52.98, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.007 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.6710, 72.1138, 27.4909)
Luminance	0.7211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB76 #7694F9

analogous

#F99A76 #F9DB76 #D5F976

triadic

#F9DB76 #76F9DB #DB76F9

tetradic

#F9DB76 #76F99A #7694F9 #F976D5

square

#F9DB76 #76F99A #7694F9 #F976D5

split-complementary

#F9DB76 #76D5F9 #9A76F9

monochromatic

#EAB70A #F6CC3B #F9DB76 #FCEAB1 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DB76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#F9DB76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB76

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB76	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee5a0',
    500: '#f9db76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db76;
$custom-light: #fee5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89617,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB76

secondary

#3E61D5

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB76

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

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