#F9DC7B#F9DC7B

#F9DC7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.121 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DC7B
RGB	rgb(249, 220, 123)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 50.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -2.00, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 50.97, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0067 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.121 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.2377, 72.7592, 29.1846)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DC7B #7B98F9

analogous

#F99D7B #F9DC7B #D7F97B

triadic

#F9DC7B #7BF9DC #DC7BF9

tetradic

#F9DC7B #7BF99D #7B98F9 #F97BD7

square

#F9DC7B #7BF99D #7B98F9 #F97BD7

split-complementary

#F9DC7B #7BD7F9 #9D7BF9

monochromatic

#EFBA0B #F6CC40 #F9DC7B #FCECB6 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F9DC7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#F9DC7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DC7B

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DC7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DC7B	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dc7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 220, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.121 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee6a3',
    500: '#f9dc7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dc7b;
$custom-light: #fee6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dc7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8988,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DC7B

secondary

#4364D6

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DC7B

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

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