#F9E072#F9E072

#F9E072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.133 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E072
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -4.75, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 56.45, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0156 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.133 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.7623, 74.6689, 26.7068)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E072 #728BF9

analogous

#F99C72 #F9E072 #CEF972

triadic

#F9E072 #72F9E0 #E072F9

tetradic

#F9E072 #72F99C #728BF9 #F972CE

square

#F9E072 #72F99C #728BF9 #F972CE

split-complementary

#F9E072 #72CEF9 #9C72F9

monochromatic

#E7BE0A #F7D337 #F9E072 #FBEDAD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#F9E072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E072

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E072	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.133 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99d',
    500: '#f9e072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e072;
$custom-light: #fee99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90562,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E072

secondary

#3B57D4

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E072

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

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