#F9E177#F9E177

#F9E177 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.129 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E177
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -4.86, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 54.50, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0154 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.129 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.3243, 75.3249, 28.3367)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E177 #778FF9

analogous

#F9A077 #F9E177 #D0F977

triadic

#F9E177 #77F9E1 #E177F9

tetradic

#F9E177 #77F9A0 #778FF9 #F977D0

square

#F9E177 #77F9A0 #778FF9 #F977D0

split-complementary

#F9E177 #77D0F9 #A077F9

monochromatic

#EBC20A #F6D43C #F9E177 #FCEEB2 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#F9E177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E177

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E177	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.129 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa1',
    500: '#f9e177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e177;
$custom-light: #feeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90823,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E177

secondary

#3F5BD5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E177

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

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