#F9E972#F9E972

#F9E972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.141 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E972
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.52, -9.26, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.52, 59.63, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0286 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.141 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.2454, 79.6351, 27.5345)
Luminance	0.7963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E972 #7282F9

analogous

#F9A572 #F9E972 #C5F972

triadic

#F9E972 #72F9E9 #E972F9

tetradic

#F9E972 #72F9A5 #7282F9 #F972C5

square

#F9E972 #72F9A5 #7282F9 #F972C5

split-complementary

#F9E972 #72C5F9 #A572F9

monochromatic

#E7CD0A #F7E037 #F9E972 #FBF2AD #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#F9E972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E972

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E972	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.141 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9e',
    500: '#f9e972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e972;
$custom-light: #feef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92372,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E972

secondary

#3B4DD4

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E972

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

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