#F9EE72#F9EE72

#F9EE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.145 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EE72
RGB	rgb(249, 238, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -11.73, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 61.51, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(93.39% -0.0357 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(93.39% 0.145 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.6810, 82.5061, 28.0131)
Luminance	0.8250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EE72 #727DF9

analogous

#F9AA72 #F9EE72 #C0F972

triadic

#F9EE72 #72F9EE #EE72F9

tetradic

#F9EE72 #72F9AA #727DF9 #F972C0

square

#F9EE72 #72F9AA #727DF9 #F972C0

split-complementary

#F9EE72 #72C0F9 #AA72F9

monochromatic

#E7D50A #F7E737 #F9EE72 #FBF5AD #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F9EE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#F9EE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EE72

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EE72	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ee72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 238, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.145 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef39e',
    500: '#f9ee72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ee72;
$custom-light: #fef39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ee72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93386,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EE72

secondary

#3B47D4

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EE72

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

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