#F9DC74#F9DC74

#F9DC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.128 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC74
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -2.58, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 54.22, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0091 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.128 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.8150, 72.5901, 26.9588)
Luminance	0.7259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC74 #7491F9

analogous

#F99A74 #F9DC74 #D4F974

triadic

#F9DC74 #74F9DC #DC74F9

tetradic

#F9DC74 #74F99A #7491F9 #F974D4

square

#F9DC74 #74F99A #7491F9 #F974D4

split-complementary

#F9DC74 #74D4F9 #9A74F9

monochromatic

#E9B80A #F6CD39 #F9DC74 #FCEBAF #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#F9DC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC74

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC74	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.128 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee69e',
    500: '#f9dc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc74;
$custom-light: #fee69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8979,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC74

secondary

#3D5ED5

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC74

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

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