#F9E47A#F9E47A

#F9E47A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.129 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E47A
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -6.12, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 54.17, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0187 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.129 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.3254, 77.0344, 29.5733)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E47A #7A8FF9

analogous

#F9A57A #F9E47A #CEF97A

triadic

#F9E47A #7AF9E4 #E47AF9

tetradic

#F9E47A #7AF9A5 #7A8FF9 #F97ACE

square

#F9E47A #7AF9A5 #7A8FF9 #F97ACE

split-complementary

#F9E47A #7ACEF9 #A57AF9

monochromatic

#EEC80B #F6D83F #F9E47A #FCF0B5 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E47A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#F9E47A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E47A

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E47A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E47A	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e47a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.129 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca3',
    500: '#f9e47a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e47a;
$custom-light: #feeca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e47a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91462,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E47A

secondary

#425AD5

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E47A

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

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