#F9E57D#F9E57D

#F9E57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.127 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E57D
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 125)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -6.37, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 53.13, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.0191 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.127 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7901, 77.6617, 30.6594)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E57D #7D91F9

analogous

#F9A77D #F9E57D #CFF97D

triadic

#F9E57D #7DF9E5 #E57DF9

tetradic

#F9E57D #7DF9A7 #7D91F9 #F97DCF

square

#F9E57D #7DF9A7 #7D91F9 #F97DCF

split-complementary

#F9E57D #7DCFF9 #A77DF9

monochromatic

#F0CB0B #F6D942 #F9E57D #FCF1B7 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#F9E57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E57D

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E57D	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.127 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeda5',
    500: '#f9e57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e57d;
$custom-light: #fdeda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 91.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91701,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E57D

secondary

#445CD6

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E57D

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

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