#F9EB72#F9EB72

#F9EB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.142 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EB72
RGB	rgb(249, 235, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -10.25, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 60.37, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0314 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.143 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.8148, 80.7738, 27.7243)
Luminance	0.8077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EB72 #7280F9

analogous

#F9A772 #F9EB72 #C3F972

triadic

#F9EB72 #72F9EB #EB72F9

tetradic

#F9EB72 #72F9A7 #7280F9 #F972C3

square

#F9EB72 #72F9A7 #7280F9 #F972C3

split-complementary

#F9EB72 #72C3F9 #A772F9

monochromatic

#E7D00A #F7E337 #F9EB72 #FBF3AD #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#F9EB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EB72

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EB72	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9eb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 235, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.142 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19e',
    500: '#f9eb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9eb72;
$custom-light: #fef19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9eb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92777,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EB72

secondary

#3B4BD4

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EB72

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

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