#F9E080#F9E080

#F9E080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.120 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E080
RGB	rgb(249, 224, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 48.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -3.59, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 49.96, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0108 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.12 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.6211, 75.0124, 31.2294)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E080 #8099F9

analogous

#F9A480 #F9E080 #D6F980

triadic

#F9E080 #80F9E0 #E080F9

tetradic

#F9E080 #80F9A4 #8099F9 #F980D6

square

#F9E080 #80F9A4 #8099F9 #F980D6

split-complementary

#F9E080 #80D6F9 #A480F9

monochromatic

#F3C30B #F6D246 #F9E080 #FCEEBA #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#F9E080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E080

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E080	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 224, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.120 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde9a7',
    500: '#f9e080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e080;
$custom-light: #fde9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 90.977,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90742,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E080

secondary

#4765D6

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E080

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

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