#F9DB79#F9DB79

#F9DB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.123 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DB79
RGB	rgb(249, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -1.66, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 51.58, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0059 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.123 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.8521, 72.1863, 28.4448)
Luminance	0.7218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DB79 #7997F9

analogous

#F99B79 #F9DB79 #D7F979

triadic

#F9DB79 #79F9DB #DB79F9

tetradic

#F9DB79 #79F99B #7997F9 #F979D7

square

#F9DB79 #79F99B #7997F9 #F979D7

split-complementary

#F9DB79 #79D7F9 #9B79F9

monochromatic

#EDB80B #F6CB3E #F9DB79 #FCEBB4 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F9DB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#F9DB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DB79

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DB79	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9db79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.123 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee5a2',
    500: '#f9db79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9db79;
$custom-light: #fee5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9db79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89656,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DB79

secondary

#4164D5

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DB79

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

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