#F9DE74#F9DE74

#F9DE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.129 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE74
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -3.59, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 54.87, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.012 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.129 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.3431, 73.6462, 27.1348)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE74 #748FF9

analogous

#F99C74 #F9DE74 #D1F974

triadic

#F9DE74 #74F9DE #DE74F9

tetradic

#F9DE74 #74F99C #748FF9 #F974D1

square

#F9DE74 #74F99C #748FF9 #F974D1

split-complementary

#F9DE74 #74D1F9 #9C74F9

monochromatic

#E9BB0A #F6D039 #F9DE74 #FCECAF #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F9DE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#F9DE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE74

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE74	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.129 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee89f',
    500: '#f9de74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de74;
$custom-light: #fee89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90188,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE74

secondary

#3D5BD5

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE74

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

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