#F9E274#F9E274

#F9E274 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E274
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -5.60, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 56.22, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0179 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.4181, 75.7962, 27.4932)
Luminance	0.7579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E274 #748BF9

analogous

#F9A074 #F9E274 #CEF974

triadic

#F9E274 #74F9E2 #E274F9

tetradic

#F9E274 #74F9A0 #748BF9 #F974CE

square

#F9E274 #74F9A0 #748BF9 #F974CE

split-complementary

#F9E274 #74CEF9 #A074F9

monochromatic

#E9C20A #F6D639 #F9E274 #FCEEAF #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#F9E274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E274

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E274	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea9f',
    500: '#f9e274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e274;
$custom-light: #feea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90987,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E274

secondary

#3D57D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E274

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

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