#F9E075#F9E075

#F9E075 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.130 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E075
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 117)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -4.52, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 55.08, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0146 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.13 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.9359, 74.7383, 27.6209)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E075 #758EF9

analogous

#F99E75 #F9E075 #D0F975

triadic

#F9E075 #75F9E0 #E075F9

tetradic

#F9E075 #75F99E #758EF9 #F975D0

square

#F9E075 #75F99E #758EF9 #F975D0

split-complementary

#F9E075 #75D0F9 #9E75F9

monochromatic

#E9BF0A #F6D33A #F9E075 #FCEDB0 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E075 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#F9E075 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E075

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E075	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E075	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e075;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.130 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee99f',
    500: '#f9e075',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e075;
$custom-light: #fee99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e075",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90599,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E075

secondary

#3D5AD5

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E075

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

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