#F9EC70#F9EC70

#F9EC70 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.145 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC70
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 112)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.27, -10.89, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.27, 61.63, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.96% -0.0335 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(92.96% 0.145 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.9893, 81.3030, 27.2270)
Luminance	0.8130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC70 #707DF9

analogous

#F9A870 #F9EC70 #C1F970

triadic

#F9EC70 #70F9EC #EC70F9

tetradic

#F9EC70 #70F9A8 #707DF9 #F970C1

square

#F9EC70 #70F9A8 #707DF9 #F970C1

split-complementary

#F9EC70 #70C1F9 #A870F9

monochromatic

#E5D00A #F7E435 #F9EC70 #FBF4AB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#F9EC70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC70

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC70	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.145 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19d',
    500: '#f9ec70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec70;
$custom-light: #fef19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92957,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC70

secondary

#3948D4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC70

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

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