#F9EC79#F9EC79

#F9EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.137 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC79
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.36, -10.19, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.36, 57.59, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93.06% -0.0305 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(93.06% 0.137 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.5157, 81.5135, 29.9993)
Luminance	0.8151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC79 #7986F9

analogous

#F9AC79 #F9EC79 #C6F979

triadic

#F9EC79 #79F9EC #EC79F9

tetradic

#F9EC79 #79F9AC #7986F9 #F979C6

square

#F9EC79 #79F9AC #7986F9 #F979C6

split-complementary

#F9EC79 #79C6F9 #AC79F9

monochromatic

#EDD60B #F6E43E #F9EC79 #FCF4B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#F9EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC79

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC79	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.137 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef1a2',
    500: '#f9ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec79;
$custom-light: #fef1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93062,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC79

secondary

#4150D5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC79

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

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