#F9EF87#F9EF87

#F9EF87 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.126 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9EF87
RGB	rgb(249, 239, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 90%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 45.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.29, -10.45, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.29, 52.29, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(93.85% -0.0299 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(93.85% 0.126 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.3084, 83.6242, 35.1437)
Luminance	0.8362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9EF87 #8791F9

analogous

#F9B687 #F9EF87 #CAF987

triadic

#F9EF87 #87F9EF #EF87F9

tetradic

#F9EF87 #87F9B6 #8791F9 #F987CA

square

#F9EF87 #87F9B6 #8791F9 #F987CA

split-complementary

#F9EF87 #87CAF9 #B687F9

monochromatic

#F3DF12 #F6E74D #F9EF87 #FCF7C1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9EF87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#F9EF87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9EF87

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9EF87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9EF87	1.00	1.18	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9ef87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 239, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.126 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4ac',
    500: '#f9ef87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9ef87;
$custom-light: #fdf4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9ef87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9385,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.83622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9EF87

secondary

#4D59D7

accent

#14E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181710

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9EF87

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

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