#F9DC70#F9DC70

#F9DC70 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.132 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC70
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -2.89, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 56.05, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0105 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.132 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.5874, 72.4991, 25.7597)
Luminance	0.7250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC70 #708DF9

analogous

#F99770 #F9DC70 #D2F970

triadic

#F9DC70 #70F9DC #DC70F9

tetradic

#F9DC70 #70F997 #708DF9 #F970D2

square

#F9DC70 #70F997 #708DF9 #F970D2

split-complementary

#F9DC70 #70D2F9 #9770F9

monochromatic

#E5B70A #F7CE35 #F9DC70 #FBEAAB #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#F9DC70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC70

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC70	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.132 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee69c',
    500: '#f9dc70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc70;
$custom-light: #fee69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89741,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC70

secondary

#395AD4

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC70

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

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