#F9DE78#F9DE78

#F9DE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.126 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DE78
RGB	rgb(249, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -3.26, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 53.02, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0107 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.126 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.5808, 73.7413, 28.3867)
Luminance	0.7374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DE78 #7893F9

analogous

#F99E78 #F9DE78 #D3F978

triadic

#F9DE78 #78F9DE #DE78F9

tetradic

#F9DE78 #78F99E #7893F9 #F978D3

square

#F9DE78 #78F99E #7893F9 #F978D3

split-complementary

#F9DE78 #78D3F9 #9E78F9

monochromatic

#ECBD0A #F6D03D #F9DE78 #FCECB3 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F9DE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#F9DE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DE78

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DE78	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9de78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.126 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee8a1',
    500: '#f9de78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9de78;
$custom-light: #fee8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9de78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90238,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DE78

secondary

#405FD5

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DE78

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

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