#F9EB81#F9EB81

#F9EB81 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.128 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EB81
RGB	rgb(249, 235, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.20, -9.01, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.20, 53.52, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.96% -0.0263 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(92.96% 0.128 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.7397, 81.1438, 32.5953)
Luminance	0.8114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EB81 #818FF9

analogous

#F9AF81 #F9EB81 #CBF981

triadic

#F9EB81 #81F9EB #EB81F9

tetradic

#F9EB81 #81F9AF #818FF9 #F981CB

square

#F9EB81 #81F9AF #818FF9 #F981CB

split-complementary

#F9EB81 #81CBF9 #AF81F9

monochromatic

#F3D80C #F6E247 #F9EB81 #FCF4BB #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EB81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#F9EB81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EB81

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EB81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EB81	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9eb81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 235, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.128 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1a8',
    500: '#f9eb81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9eb81;
$custom-light: #fdf1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9eb81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92961,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EB81

secondary

#4859D6

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EB81

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

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