#F9EB74#F9EB74

#F9EB74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.141 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EB74
RGB	rgb(249, 235, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -10.09, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 59.48, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0308 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.141 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.9299, 80.8199, 28.3304)
Luminance	0.8082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EB74 #7482F9

analogous

#F9A974 #F9EB74 #C5F974

triadic

#F9EB74 #74F9EB #EB74F9

tetradic

#F9EB74 #74F9A9 #7482F9 #F974C5

square

#F9EB74 #74F9A9 #7482F9 #F974C5

split-complementary

#F9EB74 #74C5F9 #A974F9

monochromatic

#E9D10A #F6E339 #F9EB74 #FCF3AF #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EB74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#F9EB74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EB74

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EB74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EB74	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9eb74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 235, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.141 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19f',
    500: '#f9eb74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9eb74;
$custom-light: #fef19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9eb74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.928,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EB74

secondary

#3D4DD5

accent

#18E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EB74

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

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