#F9ED7A#F9ED7A

#F9ED7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.137 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED7A
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 122)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.63, -10.60, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.63, 57.52, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.28% -0.0316 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(93.28% 0.137 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.8661, 82.1156, 30.4202)
Luminance	0.8211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED7A #7A86F9

analogous

#F9AE7A #F9ED7A #C5F97A

triadic

#F9ED7A #7AF9ED #ED7AF9

tetradic

#F9ED7A #7AF9AE #7A86F9 #F97AC5

square

#F9ED7A #7AF9AE #7A86F9 #F97AC5

split-complementary

#F9ED7A #7AC5F9 #AE7AF9

monochromatic

#EED80B #F6E53F #F9ED7A #FCF5B5 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F9ED7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.42

#F9ED7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED7A

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED7A	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)

#FFE66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.137 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2a3',
    500: '#f9ed7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed7a;
$custom-light: #fdf2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93276,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED7A

secondary

#4250D5

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED7A

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

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