#F9E074#F9E074

#F9E074 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.131 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E074
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -4.60, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 55.54, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.015 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.131 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.8774, 74.7149, 27.3129)
Luminance	0.7471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E074 #748DF9

analogous

#F99E74 #F9E074 #D0F974

triadic

#F9E074 #74F9E0 #E074F9

tetradic

#F9E074 #74F99E #748DF9 #F974D0

square

#F9E074 #74F99E #748DF9 #F974D0

split-complementary

#F9E074 #74D0F9 #9E74F9

monochromatic

#E9BF0A #F6D339 #F9E074 #FCEDAF #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#F9E074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E074

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E074	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.131 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99f',
    500: '#f9e074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e074;
$custom-light: #fee99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90587,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E074

secondary

#3D59D5

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E074

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

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