#F9ED74#F9ED74

#F9ED74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.143 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED74
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.56, -11.08, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.56, 60.24, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0336 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.143 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.5057, 81.9715, 28.5224)
Luminance	0.8197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED74 #7480F9

analogous

#F9AB74 #F9ED74 #C3F974

triadic

#F9ED74 #74F9ED #ED74F9

tetradic

#F9ED74 #74F9AB #7480F9 #F974C3

square

#F9ED74 #74F9AB #7480F9 #F974C3

split-complementary

#F9ED74 #74C3F9 #AB74F9

monochromatic

#E9D40A #F6E539 #F9ED74 #FCF5AF #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.39

#F9ED74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED74

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED74	1.00	1.21	17.39	17.39
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.143 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef29f',
    500: '#f9ed74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed74;
$custom-light: #fef29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93205,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED74

secondary

#3D4AD5

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED74

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

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