#F9DF79#F9DF79

#F9DF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.126 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DF79
RGB	rgb(249, 223, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -3.69, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 52.89, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0118 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.126 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9082, 74.2985, 28.7968)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DF79 #7993F9

analogous

#F99F79 #F9DF79 #D3F979

triadic

#F9DF79 #79F9DF #DF79F9

tetradic

#F9DF79 #79F99F #7993F9 #F979D3

square

#F9DF79 #79F99F #7993F9 #F979D3

split-complementary

#F9DF79 #79D3F9 #9F79F9

monochromatic

#EDBF0B #F6D13E #F9DF79 #FCEDB4 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9DF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#F9DF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DF79

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DF79	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9df79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 223, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.126 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee8a2',
    500: '#f9df79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9df79;
$custom-light: #fee8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9df79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9045,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DF79

secondary

#415FD5

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DF79

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

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