#F9DC77#F9DC77

#F9DC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC77
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 119)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.29, -2.33, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.29, 52.83, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0081 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.9924, 72.6611, 27.8927)
Luminance	0.7266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC77 #7794F9

analogous

#F99B77 #F9DC77 #D5F977

triadic

#F9DC77 #77F9DC #DC77F9

tetradic

#F9DC77 #77F99B #7794F9 #F977D5

square

#F9DC77 #77F99B #7794F9 #F977D5

split-complementary

#F9DC77 #77D5F9 #9B77F9

monochromatic

#EBB90A #F6CD3C #F9DC77 #FCEBB2 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#F9DC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC77

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC77	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)

#EFD86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.125 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee6a0',
    500: '#f9dc77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc77;
$custom-light: #fee6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89828,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC77

secondary

#3F61D5

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC77

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

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