#F9EC72#F9EC72

#F9EC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.143 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC72
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.29, -10.74, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.29, 60.75, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0328 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.143 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.1019, 81.3480, 27.8200)
Luminance	0.8135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC72 #727FF9

analogous

#F9A872 #F9EC72 #C2F972

triadic

#F9EC72 #72F9EC #EC72F9

tetradic

#F9EC72 #72F9A8 #727FF9 #F972C2

square

#F9EC72 #72F9A8 #727FF9 #F972C2

split-complementary

#F9EC72 #72C2F9 #A872F9

monochromatic

#E7D10A #F7E437 #F9EC72 #FBF4AD #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#F9EC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC72

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC72	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.143 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19e',
    500: '#f9ec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec72;
$custom-light: #fef19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9298,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC72

secondary

#3B4AD4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC72

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

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