#F9EC76#F9EC76

#F9EC76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.140 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC76
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 118)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.33, -10.43, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.33, 58.96, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93.03% -0.0315 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(93.03% 0.14 103)
XYZ	xyz(72.3346, 81.4411, 29.0454)
Luminance	0.8144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC76 #7683F9

analogous

#F9AB76 #F9EC76 #C4F976

triadic

#F9EC76 #76F9EC #EC76F9

tetradic

#F9EC76 #76F9AB #7683F9 #F976C4

square

#F9EC76 #76F9AB #7683F9 #F976C4

split-complementary

#F9EC76 #76C4F9 #AB76F9

monochromatic

#EAD40A #F6E43B #F9EC76 #FCF4B1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9EC76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#F9EC76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC76

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC76	1.00	1.21	17.29	17.29
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.140 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a0',
    500: '#f9ec76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec76;
$custom-light: #fef1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93026,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.81439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC76

secondary

#3E4DD5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC76

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

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