#F9ED62#F9ED62

#F9ED62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.158 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED62
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.39, -12.36, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.39, 68.00, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(93.02% -0.0392 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(93.02% 0.158 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.5583, 81.5925, 23.5325)
Luminance	0.8159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED62 #626EF9

analogous

#F9A162 #F9ED62 #B9F962

triadic

#F9ED62 #62F9ED #ED62F9

tetradic

#F9ED62 #62F9A1 #626EF9 #F962B9

square

#F9ED62 #62F9A1 #626EF9 #F962B9

split-complementary

#F9ED62 #62B9F9 #A162F9

monochromatic

#D8C808 #F7E627 #F9ED62 #FBF49D #FEFBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#F9ED62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED62

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED62	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.158 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef294',
    500: '#f9ed62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed62;
$custom-light: #fef294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93018,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.8159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED62

secondary

#2D3AD2

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED62

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

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