#F9EC7A#F9EC7A

#F9EC7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.136 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC7A
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 122)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.37, -10.11, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.37, 57.14, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0302 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.136 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.5773, 81.5382, 30.3239)
Luminance	0.8154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC7A #7A87F9

analogous

#F9AC7A #F9EC7A #C7F97A

triadic

#F9EC7A #7AF9EC #EC7AF9

tetradic

#F9EC7A #7AF9AC #7A87F9 #F97AC7

square

#F9EC7A #7AF9AC #7A87F9 #F97AC7

split-complementary

#F9EC7A #7AC7F9 #AC7AF9

monochromatic

#EED70B #F6E43F #F9EC7A #FCF4B5 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9EC7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.31

#F9EC7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC7A

17.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC7A	1.00	1.21	17.31	17.31
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.136 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1a3',
    500: '#f9ec7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec7a;
$custom-light: #fdf1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93074,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC7A

secondary

#4251D5

accent

#17E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC7A

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

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