#F9EF7C#F9EF7C

#F9EF7C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.833; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.137 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF7C
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 124)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 50.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.16, -11.42, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.16, 57.40, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(93.71% -0.0337 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(93.71% 0.137 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.5735, 83.3303, 31.2736)
Luminance	0.8333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF7C #7C86F9

analogous

#F9B07C #F9EF7C #C4F97C

triadic

#F9EF7C #7CF9EF #EF7CF9

tetradic

#F9EF7C #7CF9B0 #7C86F9 #F97CC4

square

#F9EF7C #7CF9B0 #7C86F9 #F97CC4

split-complementary

#F9EF7C #7CC4F9 #B07CF9

monochromatic

#F0DD0B #F6E841 #F9EF7C #FCF6B7 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.67

#F9EF7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF7C

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF7C	1.00	1.19	17.67	17.67
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.137 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4a4',
    500: '#f9ef7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef7c;
$custom-light: #fdf4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 91.241,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93707,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.83328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF7C

secondary

#444FD6

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF7C

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

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