#F9ED75#F9ED75

#F9ED75 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.820; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.142 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED75
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 117)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.57, -11.00, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.57, 59.79, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(93.22% -0.0333 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(93.22% 0.142 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.5642, 81.9949, 28.8304)
Luminance	0.8199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED75 #7581F9

analogous

#F9AB75 #F9ED75 #C3F975

triadic

#F9ED75 #75F9ED #ED75F9

tetradic

#F9ED75 #75F9AB #7581F9 #F975C3

square

#F9ED75 #75F9AB #7581F9 #F975C3

split-complementary

#F9ED75 #75C3F9 #AB75F9

monochromatic

#E9D50A #F6E53A #F9ED75 #FCF5B0 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.40

#F9ED75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED75

17.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED75	1.00	1.21	17.40	17.40
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.142 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2a0',
    500: '#f9ed75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed75;
$custom-light: #fef2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93217,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED75

secondary

#3D4BD5

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED75

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

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