#F9EF7A#F9EF7A

#F9EF7A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.139 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF7A
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 122)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.14, -11.59, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.14, 58.31, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(93.68% -0.0344 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(93.68% 0.139 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.4483, 83.2802, 30.6143)
Luminance	0.8328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF7A #7A84F9

analogous

#F9B07A #F9EF7A #C3F97A

triadic

#F9EF7A #7AF9EF #EF7AF9

tetradic

#F9EF7A #7AF9B0 #7A84F9 #F97AC3

square

#F9EF7A #7AF9B0 #7A84F9 #F97AC3

split-complementary

#F9EF7A #7AC3F9 #B07AF9

monochromatic

#EEDC0B #F6E83F #F9EF7A #FCF6B5 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.66

#F9EF7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF7A

17.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF7A	1.00	1.19	17.66	17.66
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.139 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4a3',
    500: '#f9ef7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef7a;
$custom-light: #fdf4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93682,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF7A

secondary

#424DD5

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF7A

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

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