#F9E281#F9E281

#F9E281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.120 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E281
RGB	rgb(249, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -4.51, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 50.18, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0133 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.12 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.2279, 76.1202, 31.7580)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E281 #8198F9

analogous

#F9A681 #F9E281 #D4F981

triadic

#F9E281 #81F9E2 #E281F9

tetradic

#F9E281 #81F9A6 #8198F9 #F981D4

square

#F9E281 #81F9A6 #8198F9 #F981D4

split-complementary

#F9E281 #81D4F9 #A681F9

monochromatic

#F3C70C #F6D547 #F9E281 #FCEFBB #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#F9E281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E281

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E281	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.120 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeaa7',
    500: '#f9e281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e281;
$custom-light: #fdeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91154,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E281

secondary

#4863D6

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E281

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

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