#F9E47F#F9E47F

#F9E47F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.124 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E47F
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 127)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 49%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -5.69, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 51.83, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0169 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.124 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6433, 77.1615, 31.2471)
Luminance	0.7716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E47F #7F94F9

analogous

#F9A77F #F9E47F #D1F97F

triadic

#F9E47F #7FF9E4 #E47FF9

tetradic

#F9E47F #7FF9A7 #7F94F9 #F97FD1

square

#F9E47F #7FF9A7 #7F94F9 #F97FD1

split-complementary

#F9E47F #7FD1F9 #A77FF9

monochromatic

#F2CA0B #F6D845 #F9E47F #FCF0B9 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E47F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#F9E47F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E47F

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E47F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E47F	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)

#F6DF76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e47f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.124 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeca6',
    500: '#f9e47f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e47f;
$custom-light: #fdeca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e47f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 91.045,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91527,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E47F

secondary

#465FD6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E47F

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

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