#F9DB78#F9DB78

#F9DB78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.123 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB78
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -1.74, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 52.05, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0063 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.123 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7911, 72.1619, 28.1235)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB78 #7896F9

analogous

#F99B78 #F9DB78 #D6F978

triadic

#F9DB78 #78F9DB #DB78F9

tetradic

#F9DB78 #78F99B #7896F9 #F978D6

square

#F9DB78 #78F99B #7896F9 #F978D6

split-complementary

#F9DB78 #78D6F9 #9B78F9

monochromatic

#ECB80A #F6CB3D #F9DB78 #FCEBB3 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#F9DB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB78

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB78	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.123 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee5a1',
    500: '#f9db78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db78;
$custom-light: #fee5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89642,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB78

secondary

#4063D5

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB78

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

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