#F9ED72#F9ED72

#F9ED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.144 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED72
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.54, -11.24, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.54, 61.13, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.0343 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.144 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.3906, 81.9255, 27.9163)
Luminance	0.8192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED72 #727EF9

analogous

#F9A972 #F9ED72 #C1F972

triadic

#F9ED72 #72F9ED #ED72F9

tetradic

#F9ED72 #72F9A9 #727EF9 #F972C1

square

#F9ED72 #72F9A9 #727EF9 #F972C1

split-complementary

#F9ED72 #72C1F9 #A972F9

monochromatic

#E7D30A #F7E637 #F9ED72 #FBF4AD #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#F9ED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED72

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED72	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)

#FFE666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.144 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29e',
    500: '#f9ed72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed72;
$custom-light: #fef29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93183,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED72

secondary

#3B48D4

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED72

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

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