#F9E47B#F9E47B

#F9E47B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.128 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E47B
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 123)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -6.04, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 53.70, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0184 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.128 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.3877, 77.0593, 29.9013)
Luminance	0.7706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E47B #7B90F9

analogous

#F9A57B #F9E47B #CFF97B

triadic

#F9E47B #7BF9E4 #E47BF9

tetradic

#F9E47B #7BF9A5 #7B90F9 #F97BCF

square

#F9E47B #7BF9A5 #7B90F9 #F97BCF

split-complementary

#F9E47B #7BCFF9 #A57BF9

monochromatic

#EFC90B #F6D840 #F9E47B #FCF0B6 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E47B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#F9E47B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E47B

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E47B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E47B	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)

#F6DF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e47b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.128 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeca3',
    500: '#f9e47b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e47b;
$custom-light: #fdeca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e47b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91474,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E47B

secondary

#435BD6

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E47B

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

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