#F9EA74#F9EA74

#F9EA74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.140 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA74
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -9.60, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 59.10, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0293 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.14 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.6444, 80.2489, 28.2353)
Luminance	0.8025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA74 #7483F9

analogous

#F9A874 #F9EA74 #C6F974

triadic

#F9EA74 #74F9EA #EA74F9

tetradic

#F9EA74 #74F9A8 #7483F9 #F974C6

square

#F9EA74 #74F9A8 #7483F9 #F974C6

split-complementary

#F9EA74 #74C6F9 #A874F9

monochromatic

#E9CF0A #F6E139 #F9EA74 #FCF3AF #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#F9EA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA74

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA74	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.140 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef09f',
    500: '#f9ea74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea74;
$custom-light: #fef09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92597,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA74

secondary

#3D4ED5

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA74

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

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