#F9E37A#F9E37A

#F9E37A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.128 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E37A
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -5.62, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 53.81, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0173 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.128 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0511, 76.4858, 29.4819)
Luminance	0.7648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E37A #7A90F9

analogous

#F9A37A #F9E37A #D0F97A

triadic

#F9E37A #7AF9E3 #E37AF9

tetradic

#F9E37A #7AF9A3 #7A90F9 #F97AD0

square

#F9E37A #7AF9A3 #7A90F9 #F97AD0

split-complementary

#F9E37A #7AD0F9 #A37AF9

monochromatic

#EEC70B #F6D73F #F9E37A #FCEFB5 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E37A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#F9E37A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E37A

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E37A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E37A	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e37a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.128 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeba3',
    500: '#f9e37a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e37a;
$custom-light: #feeba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e37a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91261,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E37A

secondary

#425BD5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E37A

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

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