#F9E474#F9E474

#F9E474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.134 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E474
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -6.61, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 56.92, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0207 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.134 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.9651, 76.8903, 27.6755)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E474 #7489F9

analogous

#F9A274 #F9E474 #CCF974

triadic

#F9E474 #74F9E4 #E474F9

tetradic

#F9E474 #74F9A2 #7489F9 #F974CC

square

#F9E474 #74F9A2 #7489F9 #F974CC

split-complementary

#F9E474 #74CCF9 #A274F9

monochromatic

#E9C50A #F6D939 #F9E474 #FCEFAF #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#F9E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E474

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E474	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.134 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9f',
    500: '#f9e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e474;
$custom-light: #feec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91388,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E474

secondary

#3D55D5

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E474

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

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