#F9E47E#F9E47E

#F9E47E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.125 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E47E
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 126)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 49.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -5.78, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 52.30, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0173 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.125 98)
XYZ	xyz(70.5784, 77.1356, 30.9055)
Luminance	0.7713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E47E #7E93F9

analogous

#F9A67E #F9E47E #D0F97E

triadic

#F9E47E #7EF9E4 #E47EF9

tetradic

#F9E47E #7EF9A6 #7E93F9 #F97ED0

square

#F9E47E #7EF9A6 #7E93F9 #F97ED0

split-complementary

#F9E47E #7ED0F9 #A67EF9

monochromatic

#F1CA0B #F6D844 #F9E47E #FCF0B8 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E47E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#F9E47E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E47E

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E47E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E47E	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e47e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.125 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeca5',
    500: '#f9e47e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e47e;
$custom-light: #fdeca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e47e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 91.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91514,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.77133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E47E

secondary

#455ED6

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E47E

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

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