#F9DC76#F9DC76

#F9DC76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.126 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC76
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 118)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -2.41, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 53.30, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0084 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.126 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.9326, 72.6372, 27.5781)
Luminance	0.7263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC76 #7693F9

analogous

#F99B76 #F9DC76 #D4F976

triadic

#F9DC76 #76F9DC #DC76F9

tetradic

#F9DC76 #76F99B #7693F9 #F976D4

square

#F9DC76 #76F99B #7693F9 #F976D4

split-complementary

#F9DC76 #76D4F9 #9B76F9

monochromatic

#EAB90A #F6CD3B #F9DC76 #FCEBB1 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#F9DC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC76

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC76	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.126 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee6a0',
    500: '#f9dc76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc76;
$custom-light: #fee6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89815,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC76

secondary

#3E60D5

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC76

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →