#F9EB7D#F9EB7D

#F9EB7D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.132 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EB7D
RGB	rgb(249, 235, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 49.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.15, -9.36, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.15, 55.38, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0277 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.132 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.4790, 81.0395, 31.2223)
Luminance	0.8104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EB7D #7D8BF9

analogous

#F9AD7D #F9EB7D #C9F97D

triadic

#F9EB7D #7DF9EB #EB7DF9

tetradic

#F9EB7D #7DF9AD #7D8BF9 #F97DC9

square

#F9EB7D #7DF9AD #7D8BF9 #F97DC9

split-complementary

#F9EB7D #7DC9F9 #AD7DF9

monochromatic

#F0D70B #F6E242 #F9EB7D #FCF4B7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EB7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#F9EB7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EB7D

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EB7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EB7D	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9eb7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 235, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.132 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1a5',
    500: '#f9eb7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9eb7d;
$custom-light: #fdf1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9eb7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 91.176,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92909,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EB7D

secondary

#4455D6

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EB7D

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

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