#F9E672#F9E672

#F9E672 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E672
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -7.76, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 58.54, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.0243 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.4034, 77.9510, 27.2539)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E672 #7285F9

analogous

#F9A272 #F9E672 #C8F972

triadic

#F9E672 #72F9E6 #E672F9

tetradic

#F9E672 #72F9A2 #7285F9 #F972C8

square

#F9E672 #72F9A2 #7285F9 #F972C8

split-complementary

#F9E672 #72C8F9 #A272F9

monochromatic

#E7C80A #F7DC37 #F9E672 #FBF0AD #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E672 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#F9E672 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E672

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E672	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E672	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e672;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9e',
    500: '#f9e672',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e672;
$custom-light: #feed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e672",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91766,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E672

secondary

#3B50D4

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E672

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

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