#F9E974#F9E974

#F9E974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E974
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.54, -9.10, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.54, 58.73, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.4% -0.0279 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(92.4% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.3605, 79.6811, 28.1406)
Luminance	0.7968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E974 #7484F9

analogous

#F9A774 #F9E974 #C7F974

triadic

#F9E974 #74F9E9 #E974F9

tetradic

#F9E974 #74F9A7 #7484F9 #F974C7

square

#F9E974 #74F9A7 #7484F9 #F974C7

split-complementary

#F9E974 #74C7F9 #A774F9

monochromatic

#E9CE0A #F6E039 #F9E974 #FCF2AF #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F9E974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E974

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E974	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9f',
    500: '#f9e974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e974;
$custom-light: #feef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92395,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E974

secondary

#3D4FD5

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E974

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

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