#F9E178#F9E178

#F9E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.128 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E178
RGB	rgb(249, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -4.78, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 54.04, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.015 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.128 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3847, 75.3491, 28.6547)
Luminance	0.7535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E178 #7890F9

analogous

#F9A078 #F9E178 #D1F978

triadic

#F9E178 #78F9E1 #E178F9

tetradic

#F9E178 #78F9A0 #7890F9 #F978D1

square

#F9E178 #78F9A0 #7890F9 #F978D1

split-complementary

#F9E178 #78D1F9 #A078F9

monochromatic

#ECC20A #F6D43D #F9E178 #FCEEB3 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F9E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#F9E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E178

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E178	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.128 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeaa1',
    500: '#f9e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e178;
$custom-light: #feeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90836,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E178

secondary

#405CD5

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E178

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

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