#F9EE74#F9EE74

#F9EE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.144 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EE74
RGB	rgb(249, 238, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -11.58, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 60.62, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% -0.035 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.144 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.7961, 82.5521, 28.6192)
Luminance	0.8255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EE74 #747FF9

analogous

#F9AC74 #F9EE74 #C1F974

triadic

#F9EE74 #74F9EE #EE74F9

tetradic

#F9EE74 #74F9AC #747FF9 #F974C1

square

#F9EE74 #74F9AC #747FF9 #F974C1

split-complementary

#F9EE74 #74C1F9 #AC74F9

monochromatic

#E9D60A #F6E739 #F9EE74 #FCF5AF #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F9EE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#F9EE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EE74

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EE74	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ee74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 238, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.144 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef39f',
    500: '#f9ee74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ee74;
$custom-light: #fef39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ee74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93409,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EE74

secondary

#3D49D5

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EE74

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

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