#F9DD74#F9DD74

#F9DD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.129 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DD74
RGB	rgb(249, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -3.08, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 54.54, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0106 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.129 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.0783, 73.1166, 27.0466)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DD74 #7490F9

analogous

#F99B74 #F9DD74 #D3F974

triadic

#F9DD74 #74F9DD #DD74F9

tetradic

#F9DD74 #74F99B #7490F9 #F974D3

square

#F9DD74 #74F99B #7490F9 #F974D3

split-complementary

#F9DD74 #74D3F9 #9B74F9

monochromatic

#E9BA0A #F6CF39 #F9DD74 #FCEBAF #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#F9DD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DD74

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DD74	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9dd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.129 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee79e',
    500: '#f9dd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9dd74;
$custom-light: #fee79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9dd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89989,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DD74

secondary

#3D5DD5

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DD74

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

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