#F9ED7C#F9ED7C

#F9ED7C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.135 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9ED7C
RGB	rgb(249, 237, 124)
HSL	hsl(54, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 50.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.65, -10.43, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.65, 56.61, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.3% -0.0309 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(93.3% 0.135 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.9913, 82.1657, 31.0795)
Luminance	0.8216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9ED7C #7C88F9

analogous

#F9AE7C #F9ED7C #C6F97C

triadic

#F9ED7C #7CF9ED #ED7CF9

tetradic

#F9ED7C #7CF9AE #7C88F9 #F97CC6

square

#F9ED7C #7CF9AE #7C88F9 #F97CC6

split-complementary

#F9ED7C #7CC6F9 #AE7CF9

monochromatic

#F0DA0B #F6E541 #F9ED7C #FCF5B7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F9ED7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.43

#F9ED7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9ED7C

17.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9ED7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9ED7C	1.00	1.20	17.43	17.43
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ed7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 237, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.135 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf2a4',
    500: '#f9ed7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ed7c;
$custom-light: #fdf2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ed7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 91.241,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93301,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9ED7C

secondary

#4452D6

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9ED7C

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

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