#F9EA72#F9EA72

#F9EA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.142 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA72
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.78, -9.75, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.78, 60.00, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.57% -0.03 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(92.57% 0.142 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.5293, 80.2028, 27.6292)
Luminance	0.8020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA72 #7281F9

analogous

#F9A672 #F9EA72 #C4F972

triadic

#F9EA72 #72F9EA #EA72F9

tetradic

#F9EA72 #72F9A6 #7281F9 #F972C4

square

#F9EA72 #72F9A6 #7281F9 #F972C4

split-complementary

#F9EA72 #72C4F9 #A672F9

monochromatic

#E7CE0A #F7E137 #F9EA72 #FBF3AD #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#F9EA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA72

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA72	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.142 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef09e',
    500: '#f9ea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea72;
$custom-light: #fef09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92574,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA72

secondary

#3B4CD4

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA72

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

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