#F9E375#F9E375

#F9E375 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E375
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -6.03, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 56.11, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.019 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.7493, 76.3651, 27.8921)
Luminance	0.7636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E375 #758BF9

analogous

#F9A175 #F9E375 #CDF975

triadic

#F9E375 #75F9E3 #E375F9

tetradic

#F9E375 #75F9A1 #758BF9 #F975CD

square

#F9E375 #75F9A1 #758BF9 #F975CD

split-complementary

#F9E375 #75CDF9 #A175F9

monochromatic

#E9C40A #F6D73A #F9E375 #FCEFB0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#F9E375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E375

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E375	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeb9f',
    500: '#f9e375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e375;
$custom-light: #feeb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91199,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E375

secondary

#3D57D5

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E375

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

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