#F9EA78#F9EA78

#F9EA78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA78
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.84, -9.28, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.84, 57.29, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.028 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.8821, 80.3439, 29.4871)
Luminance	0.8034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA78 #7887F9

analogous

#F9A978 #F9EA78 #C8F978

triadic

#F9EA78 #78F9EA #EA78F9

tetradic

#F9EA78 #78F9A9 #7887F9 #F978C8

square

#F9EA78 #78F9A9 #7887F9 #F978C8

split-complementary

#F9EA78 #78C8F9 #A978F9

monochromatic

#ECD20A #F6E13D #F9EA78 #FCF3B3 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#F9EA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA78

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA78	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef0a2',
    500: '#f9ea78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea78;
$custom-light: #fef0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92645,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA78

secondary

#4051D5

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA78

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

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