#F9E682#F9E682

#F9E682 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E682
RGB	rgb(249, 230, 130)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 47.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -6.43, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 51.15, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.97% -0.0188 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(91.97% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3951, 78.3476, 32.4766)
Luminance	0.7834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E682 #8295F9

analogous

#F9AB82 #F9E682 #D1F982

triadic

#F9E682 #82F9E6 #E682F9

tetradic

#F9E682 #82F9AB #8295F9 #F982D1

square

#F9E682 #82F9AB #8295F9 #F982D1

split-complementary

#F9E682 #82D1F9 #AB82F9

monochromatic

#F3CF0D #F6DA48 #F9E682 #FCF2BC #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#F9E682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E682

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E682	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 230, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeda8',
    500: '#f9e682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e682;
$custom-light: #fdeda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 90.84,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91968,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E682

secondary

#495FD6

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E682

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

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