#F9EC71#F9EC71

#F9EC71 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.144 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC71
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 113)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -10.82, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 61.19, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.97% -0.0332 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(92.97% 0.144 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.0453, 81.3254, 27.5219)
Luminance	0.8132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC71 #717EF9

analogous

#F9A871 #F9EC71 #C2F971

triadic

#F9EC71 #71F9EC #EC71F9

tetradic

#F9EC71 #71F9A8 #717EF9 #F971C2

square

#F9EC71 #71F9A8 #717EF9 #F971C2

split-complementary

#F9EC71 #71C2F9 #A871F9

monochromatic

#E6D10A #F7E436 #F9EC71 #FBF4AC #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#F9EC71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC71

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC71	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)

#FEE565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.144 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19d',
    500: '#f9ec71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec71;
$custom-light: #fef19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92968,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC71

secondary

#3A49D4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC71

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

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