#F9F78D#F9F78D

#F9F78D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.886; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.129 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F78D
RGB	rgb(249, 247, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 90%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 43.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.41, -13.82, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.41, 52.83, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(95.56% -0.039 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(95.56% 0.129 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.1369, 88.5861, 38.2296)
Luminance	0.8858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F78D #8D8FF9

analogous

#F9C18D #F9F78D #C5F98D

triadic

#F9F78D #8DF9F7 #F78DF9

tetradic

#F9F78D #8DF9C1 #8D8FF9 #F98DC5

square

#F9F78D #8DF9C1 #8D8FF9 #F98DC5

split-complementary

#F9F78D #8DC5F9 #C18DF9

monochromatic

#F3EF19 #F6F353 #F9F78D #FCFBC7 #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F9F78D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.72

#F9F78D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F78D

18.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F78D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F78D	1.00	1.12	18.72	18.72
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF492

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f78d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 247, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.129 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf9b0',
    500: '#f9f78d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f78d;
$custom-light: #fdf9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f78d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 247,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 90,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95559,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F78D

secondary

#5255D8

accent

#04E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF7

border

#D7D7D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F78D

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

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