#F9DC78#F9DC78

#F9DC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC78
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -2.25, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 52.37, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0077 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.0527, 72.6852, 28.2107)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC78 #7895F9

analogous

#F99C78 #F9DC78 #D5F978

triadic

#F9DC78 #78F9DC #DC78F9

tetradic

#F9DC78 #78F99C #7895F9 #F978D5

square

#F9DC78 #78F99C #7895F9 #F978D5

split-complementary

#F9DC78 #78D5F9 #9C78F9

monochromatic

#ECB90A #F6CD3D #F9DC78 #FCEBB3 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#F9DC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC78

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC78	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee6a1',
    500: '#f9dc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc78;
$custom-light: #fee6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89841,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC78

secondary

#4062D5

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC78

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

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