#F9DC79#F9DC79

#F9DC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC79
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -2.17, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 51.90, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0074 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.1137, 72.7096, 28.5320)
Luminance	0.7271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC79 #7996F9

analogous

#F99C79 #F9DC79 #D6F979

triadic

#F9DC79 #79F9DC #DC79F9

tetradic

#F9DC79 #79F99C #7996F9 #F979D6

square

#F9DC79 #79F99C #7996F9 #F979D6

split-complementary

#F9DC79 #79D6F9 #9C79F9

monochromatic

#EDBA0B #F6CD3E #F9DC79 #FCEBB4 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#F9DC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC79

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC79	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)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee6a2',
    500: '#f9dc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc79;
$custom-light: #fee6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89854,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC79

secondary

#4163D5

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC79

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

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