#F9DF7B#F9DF7B

#F9DF7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.124 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9DF7B
RGB	rgb(249, 223, 123)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 50.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -3.52, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 51.96, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0111 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.124 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.0321, 74.3480, 29.4494)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9DF7B #7B95F9

analogous

#F9A07B #F9DF7B #D4F97B

triadic

#F9DF7B #7BF9DF #DF7BF9

tetradic

#F9DF7B #7BF9A0 #7B95F9 #F97BD4

square

#F9DF7B #7BF9A0 #7B95F9 #F97BD4

split-complementary

#F9DF7B #7BD4F9 #A07BF9

monochromatic

#EFC00B #F6D140 #F9DF7B #FCEDB6 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9DF7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#F9DF7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9DF7B

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9DF7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9DF7B	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9df7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 223, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.124 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde8a3',
    500: '#f9df7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9df7b;
$custom-light: #fde8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9df7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90476,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9DF7B

secondary

#4361D6

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9DF7B

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

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