#F9E079#F9E079

#F9E079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.126 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E079
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -4.19, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 53.23, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0132 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.126 96)
XYZ	xyz(69.1761, 74.8344, 28.8861)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E079 #7992F9

analogous

#F9A079 #F9E079 #D2F979

triadic

#F9E079 #79F9E0 #E079F9

tetradic

#F9E079 #79F9A0 #7992F9 #F979D2

square

#F9E079 #79F9A0 #7992F9 #F979D2

split-complementary

#F9E079 #79D2F9 #A079F9

monochromatic

#EDC10B #F6D23E #F9E079 #FCEEB4 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F9E079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#F9E079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E079

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E079	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.126 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee9a2',
    500: '#f9e079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e079;
$custom-light: #fee9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90649,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.74832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E079

secondary

#415ED5

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E079

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

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