#F9EE79#F9EE79

#F9EE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.827; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.139 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EE79
RGB	rgb(249, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.87, -11.18, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.87, 58.37, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(93.47% -0.0334 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(93.47% 0.139 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.0948, 82.6716, 30.1923)
Luminance	0.8267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EE79 #7984F9

analogous

#F9AE79 #F9EE79 #C4F979

triadic

#F9EE79 #79F9EE #EE79F9

tetradic

#F9EE79 #79F9AE #7984F9 #F979C4

square

#F9EE79 #79F9AE #7984F9 #F979C4

split-complementary

#F9EE79 #79C4F9 #AE79F9

monochromatic

#EDDA0B #F6E73E #F9EE79 #FCF5B4 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F9EE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.53

#F9EE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EE79

17.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EE79	1.00	1.20	17.53	17.53
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.139 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef3a2',
    500: '#f9ee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ee79;
$custom-light: #fef3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93467,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EE79

secondary

#414ED5

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EE79

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

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