#F9D975#F9D975

#F9D975 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9D975
RGB	rgb(249, 217, 117)
HSL	hsl(45, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -0.97, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 52.81, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0044 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(67.0932, 71.0529, 27.0067)
Luminance	0.7105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9D975 #7595F9

analogous

#F99775 #F9D975 #D7F975

triadic

#F9D975 #75F9D9 #D975F9

tetradic

#F9D975 #75F997 #7595F9 #F975D7

square

#F9D975 #75F997 #7595F9 #F975D7

split-complementary

#F9D975 #75D7F9 #9775F9

monochromatic

#E9B30A #F6C93A #F9D975 #FCE9B0 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F9D975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#F9D975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9D975

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9D975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9D975	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9d975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 217, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee49f',
    500: '#f9d975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9d975;
$custom-light: #fee49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9d975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89208,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.7105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9D975

secondary

#3D62D5

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9D975

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

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