#F9EC83#F9EC83

#F9EC83 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EC83
RGB	rgb(249, 236, 131)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 47.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.47, -9.33, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.47, 52.97, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(93.19% -0.027 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(93.19% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.1610, 81.7717, 33.3980)
Luminance	0.8177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EC83 #8390F9

analogous

#F9B183 #F9EC83 #CBF983

triadic

#F9EC83 #83F9EC #EC83F9

tetradic

#F9EC83 #83F9B1 #8390F9 #F983CB

square

#F9EC83 #83F9B1 #8390F9 #F983CB

split-complementary

#F9EC83 #83CBF9 #B183F9

monochromatic

#F3DA0E #F6E349 #F9EC83 #FCF5BD #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9EC83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.35

#F9EC83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EC83

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EC83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EC83	1.00	1.21	17.35	17.35
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ec83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 236, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1a9',
    500: '#f9ec83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ec83;
$custom-light: #fdf1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ec83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 90.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93189,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EC83

secondary

#4A59D7

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EC83

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

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