#F9EC77#F9EC77

#F9EC77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.139 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC77
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.34, -10.35, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.34, 58.50, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93.04% -0.0312 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(93.04% 0.139 103)
XYZ	xyz(72.3943, 81.4650, 29.3601)
Luminance	0.8146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC77 #7784F9

analogous

#F9AB77 #F9EC77 #C5F977

triadic

#F9EC77 #77F9EC #EC77F9

tetradic

#F9EC77 #77F9AB #7784F9 #F977C5

square

#F9EC77 #77F9AB #7784F9 #F977C5

split-complementary

#F9EC77 #77C5F9 #AB77F9

monochromatic

#EBD50A #F6E43C #F9EC77 #FCF4B2 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9EC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#F9EC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC77

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC77	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)

#FEE56C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.139 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a1',
    500: '#f9ec77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec77;
$custom-light: #fef1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93038,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.81463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC77

secondary

#3F4ED5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC77

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

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