#F9E57A#F9E57A

#F9E57A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E57A
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -6.62, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 54.52, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0201 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6013, 77.5862, 29.6653)
Luminance	0.7758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E57A #7A8EF9

analogous

#F9A57A #F9E57A #CEF97A

triadic

#F9E57A #7AF9E5 #E57AF9

tetradic

#F9E57A #7AF9A5 #7A8EF9 #F97ACE

square

#F9E57A #7AF9A5 #7A8EF9 #F97ACE

split-complementary

#F9E57A #7ACEF9 #A57AF9

monochromatic

#EECA0B #F6DA3F #F9E57A #FCF0B5 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#F9E57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E57A

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E57A	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda3',
    500: '#f9e57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e57a;
$custom-light: #feeda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91662,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E57A

secondary

#4259D5

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E57A

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

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