#F9EF74#F9EF74

#F9EF74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.145 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF74
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 53.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.07, -12.07, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.07, 61.01, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(93.61% -0.0364 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(93.61% 0.145 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.0880, 83.1360, 28.7165)
Luminance	0.8313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF74 #747EF9

analogous

#F9AD74 #F9EF74 #C1F974

triadic

#F9EF74 #74F9EF #EF74F9

tetradic

#F9EF74 #74F9AD #747EF9 #F974C1

square

#F9EF74 #74F9AD #747EF9 #F974C1

split-complementary

#F9EF74 #74C1F9 #AD74F9

monochromatic

#E9D80A #F6E839 #F9EF74 #FCF6AF #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.63

#F9EF74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF74

17.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF74	1.00	1.19	17.63	17.63
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.145 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef49f',
    500: '#f9ef74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef74;
$custom-light: #fef49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 91.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93612,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF74

secondary

#3D48D5

accent

#11E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF74

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

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