#F9EC74#F9EC74

#F9EC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.142 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC74
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.31, -10.59, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.31, 59.85, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93% -0.0322 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(93% 0.142 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.2170, 81.3941, 28.4261)
Luminance	0.8139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC74 #7481F9

analogous

#F9AA74 #F9EC74 #C4F974

triadic

#F9EC74 #74F9EC #EC74F9

tetradic

#F9EC74 #74F9AA #7481F9 #F974C4

square

#F9EC74 #74F9AA #7481F9 #F974C4

split-complementary

#F9EC74 #74C4F9 #AA74F9

monochromatic

#E9D30A #F6E439 #F9EC74 #FCF4AF #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F9EC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.28

#F9EC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC74

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC74	1.00	1.22	17.28	17.28
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.142 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef19f',
    500: '#f9ec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec74;
$custom-light: #fef19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93002,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC74

secondary

#3D4BD5

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC74

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

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