#F9E371#F9E371

#F9E371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.136 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E371
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -6.34, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 57.93, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0203 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.136 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.5191, 76.2730, 26.6798)
Luminance	0.7627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E371 #7187F9

analogous

#F99F71 #F9E371 #CBF971

triadic

#F9E371 #71F9E3 #E371F9

tetradic

#F9E371 #71F99F #7187F9 #F971CB

square

#F9E371 #71F99F #7187F9 #F971CB

split-complementary

#F9E371 #71CBF9 #9F71F9

monochromatic

#E6C20A #F7D736 #F9E371 #FBEFAC #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#F9E371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E371

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E371	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.136 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9d',
    500: '#f9e371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e371;
$custom-light: #feeb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91152,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E371

secondary

#3A53D4

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E371

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

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