#F9EA81#F9EA81

#F9EA81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EA81
RGB	rgb(249, 234, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -8.51, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 53.13, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(92.76% -0.0249 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(92.76% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.4542, 80.5728, 32.5001)
Luminance	0.8057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EA81 #8190F9

analogous

#F9AE81 #F9EA81 #CCF981

triadic

#F9EA81 #81F9EA #EA81F9

tetradic

#F9EA81 #81F9AE #8190F9 #F981CC

square

#F9EA81 #81F9AE #8190F9 #F981CC

split-complementary

#F9EA81 #81CCF9 #AE81F9

monochromatic

#F3D70C #F6E047 #F9EA81 #FCF4BB #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9EA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#F9EA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EA81

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EA81	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ea81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 234, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf0a8',
    500: '#f9ea81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ea81;
$custom-light: #fdf0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ea81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92759,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EA81

secondary

#485AD6

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EA81

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

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