#F9E372#F9E372

#F9E372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.135 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E372
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -6.26, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 57.48, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.02 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.135 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5757, 76.2956, 26.9780)
Luminance	0.7629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E372 #7288F9

analogous

#F99F72 #F9E372 #CBF972

triadic

#F9E372 #72F9E3 #E372F9

tetradic

#F9E372 #72F99F #7288F9 #F972CB

square

#F9E372 #72F99F #7288F9 #F972CB

split-complementary

#F9E372 #72CBF9 #9F72F9

monochromatic

#E7C30A #F7D737 #F9E372 #FBEFAD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#F9E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E372

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E372	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.135 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9d',
    500: '#f9e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e372;
$custom-light: #feeb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91163,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E372

secondary

#3B54D4

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E372

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

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