#F9DE77#F9DE77

#F9DE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.127 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE77
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -3.35, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 53.49, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.011 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.127 95)
XYZ	xyz(68.5204, 73.7172, 28.0688)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE77 #7792F9

analogous

#F99D77 #F9DE77 #D3F977

triadic

#F9DE77 #77F9DE #DE77F9

tetradic

#F9DE77 #77F99D #7792F9 #F977D3

square

#F9DE77 #77F99D #7792F9 #F977D3

split-complementary

#F9DE77 #77D3F9 #9D77F9

monochromatic

#EBBD0A #F6D03C #F9DE77 #FCECB2 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9DE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#F9DE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE77

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE77	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.127 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee8a0',
    500: '#f9de77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de77;
$custom-light: #fee8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90225,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.73714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE77

secondary

#3F5ED5

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE77

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

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