#F9E472#F9E472

#F9E472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E472
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -6.76, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 57.83, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0214 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(69.8500, 76.8442, 27.0694)
Luminance	0.7684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E472 #7287F9

analogous

#F9A072 #F9E472 #CAF972

triadic

#F9E472 #72F9E4 #E472F9

tetradic

#F9E472 #72F9A0 #7287F9 #F972CA

square

#F9E472 #72F9A0 #7287F9 #F972CA

split-complementary

#F9E472 #72CAF9 #A072F9

monochromatic

#E7C40A #F7D937 #F9E472 #FBEFAD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#F9E472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E472

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E472	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9d',
    500: '#f9e472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e472;
$custom-light: #feec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91364,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.76841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E472

secondary

#3B53D4

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E472

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

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