#F9EF7E#F9EF7E

#F9EF7E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.135 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF7E
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 49.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.18, -11.25, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.18, 56.48, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(93.73% -0.0331 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(93.73% 0.135 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.7013, 83.3814, 31.9465)
Luminance	0.8338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF7E #7E88F9

analogous

#F9B17E #F9EF7E #C5F97E

triadic

#F9EF7E #7EF9EF #EF7EF9

tetradic

#F9EF7E #7EF9B1 #7E88F9 #F97EC5

square

#F9EF7E #7EF9B1 #7E88F9 #F97EC5

split-complementary

#F9EF7E #7EC5F9 #B17EF9

monochromatic

#F1DF0B #F6E844 #F9EF7E #FCF6B8 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F9EF7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.68

#F9EF7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF7E

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF7E	1.00	1.19	17.68	17.68
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.135 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4a6',
    500: '#f9ef7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef7e;
$custom-light: #fdf4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 91.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93732,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF7E

secondary

#4551D6

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF7E

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

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