#F9E17A#F9E17A

#F9E17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.126 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E17A
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -4.61, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 53.11, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0143 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.126 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5073, 75.3981, 29.3006)
Luminance	0.7540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E17A #7A92F9

analogous

#F9A17A #F9E17A #D2F97A

triadic

#F9E17A #7AF9E1 #E17AF9

tetradic

#F9E17A #7AF9A1 #7A92F9 #F97AD2

square

#F9E17A #7AF9A1 #7A92F9 #F97AD2

split-complementary

#F9E17A #7AD2F9 #A17AF9

monochromatic

#EEC30B #F6D43F #F9E17A #FCEEB5 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#F9E17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E17A

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E17A	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.126 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa3',
    500: '#f9e17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e17a;
$custom-light: #feeaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90861,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E17A

secondary

#425ED5

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E17A

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

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