#F9E174#F9E174

#F9E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E174
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -5.10, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 55.88, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0164 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.1470, 75.2540, 27.4028)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E174 #748CF9

analogous

#F99F74 #F9E174 #CFF974

triadic

#F9E174 #74F9E1 #E174F9

tetradic

#F9E174 #74F99F #748CF9 #F974CF

square

#F9E174 #74F99F #748CF9 #F974CF

split-complementary

#F9E174 #74CFF9 #9F74F9

monochromatic

#E9C00A #F6D439 #F9E174 #FCEEAF #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#F9E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E174

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E174	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9f',
    500: '#f9e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e174;
$custom-light: #feea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90786,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E174

secondary

#3D58D5

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E174

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

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