#F9EA7F#F9EA7F

#F9EA7F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA7F
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 127)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 49%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -8.69, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 54.06, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0256 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.3226, 80.5201, 31.8068)
Luminance	0.8052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA7F #7F8EF9

analogous

#F9AD7F #F9EA7F #CBF97F

triadic

#F9EA7F #7FF9EA #EA7FF9

tetradic

#F9EA7F #7FF9AD #7F8EF9 #F97FCB

square

#F9EA7F #7FF9AD #7F8EF9 #F97FCB

split-complementary

#F9EA7F #7FCBF9 #AD7FF9

monochromatic

#F2D60B #F6E045 #F9EA7F #FCF4B9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#F9EA7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA7F

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA7F	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf0a6',
    500: '#f9ea7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea7f;
$custom-light: #fdf0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 91.045,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92733,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA7F

secondary

#4658D6

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA7F

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

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