#F9E27C#F9E27C

#F9E27C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.125 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E27C
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 50.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -4.95, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 52.53, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0151 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.125 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.9036, 75.9905, 30.0503)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E27C #7C93F9

analogous

#F9A37C #F9E27C #D1F97C

triadic

#F9E27C #7CF9E2 #E27CF9

tetradic

#F9E27C #7CF9A3 #7C93F9 #F97CD1

square

#F9E27C #7CF9A3 #7C93F9 #F97CD1

split-complementary

#F9E27C #7CD1F9 #A37CF9

monochromatic

#F0C60B #F6D541 #F9E27C #FCEFB7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F9E27C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F9E27C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E27C

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E27C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E27C	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e27c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.125 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeaa4',
    500: '#f9e27c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e27c;
$custom-light: #fdeaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e27c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 91.241,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91087,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E27C

secondary

#445ED6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E27C

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

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