#F9EA76#F9EA76

#F9EA76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.138 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA76
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 118)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -9.44, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 58.20, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(92.62% -0.0287 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(92.62% 0.138 102)
XYZ	xyz(71.7620, 80.2959, 28.8546)
Luminance	0.8029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA76 #7685F9

analogous

#F9A976 #F9EA76 #C6F976

triadic

#F9EA76 #76F9EA #EA76F9

tetradic

#F9EA76 #76F9A9 #7685F9 #F976C6

square

#F9EA76 #76F9A9 #7685F9 #F976C6

split-complementary

#F9EA76 #76C6F9 #A976F9

monochromatic

#EAD10A #F6E13B #F9EA76 #FCF3B1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#F9EA76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA76

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA76	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.138 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a0',
    500: '#f9ea76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea76;
$custom-light: #fef0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92621,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.80293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA76

secondary

#3E50D5

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA76

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

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