#F9D970#F9D970

#F9D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.129 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D970
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -1.37, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 55.11, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0061 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.129 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.8071, 70.9385, 25.4996)
Luminance	0.7094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D970 #7090F9

analogous

#F99470 #F9D970 #D5F970

triadic

#F9D970 #70F9D9 #D970F9

tetradic

#F9D970 #70F994 #7090F9 #F970D5

square

#F9D970 #70F994 #7090F9 #F970D5

split-complementary

#F9D970 #70D5F9 #9470F9

monochromatic

#E5B20A #F7C935 #F9D970 #FBE9AB #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F9D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#F9D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D970

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D970	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.129 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee49c',
    500: '#f9d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d970;
$custom-light: #fee49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89146,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D970

secondary

#395DD4

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D970

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

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