#F9ED79#F9ED79

#F9ED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.138 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED79
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.61, -10.68, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.61, 57.98, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.26% -0.0319 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(93.26% 0.138 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.8044, 82.0910, 30.0955)
Luminance	0.8209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED79 #7985F9

analogous

#F9AD79 #F9ED79 #C5F979

triadic

#F9ED79 #79F9ED #ED79F9

tetradic

#F9ED79 #79F9AD #7985F9 #F979C5

square

#F9ED79 #79F9AD #7985F9 #F979C5

split-complementary

#F9ED79 #79C5F9 #AD79F9

monochromatic

#EDD80B #F6E53E #F9ED79 #FCF5B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.42

#F9ED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED79

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED79	1.00	1.21	17.42	17.42
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.138 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2a2',
    500: '#f9ed79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed79;
$custom-light: #fef2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93264,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED79

secondary

#414FD5

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED79

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

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