#F9ED70#F9ED70

#F9ED70 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.146 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED70
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -11.39, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 62.01, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0349 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.146 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.2780, 81.8804, 27.3233)
Luminance	0.8188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED70 #707CF9

analogous

#F9A970 #F9ED70 #C0F970

triadic

#F9ED70 #70F9ED #ED70F9

tetradic

#F9ED70 #70F9A9 #707CF9 #F970C0

square

#F9ED70 #70F9A9 #707CF9 #F970C0

split-complementary

#F9ED70 #70C0F9 #A970F9

monochromatic

#E5D20A #F7E635 #F9ED70 #FBF4AB #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#F9ED70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED70

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED70	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE663

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.146 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29d',
    500: '#f9ed70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed70;
$custom-light: #fef29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9316,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED70

secondary

#3947D4

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED70

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

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