#F9E381#F9E381

#F9E381 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.121 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E381
RGB	rgb(249, 227, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -5.01, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 50.53, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0148 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.121 97)
XYZ	xyz(70.5006, 76.6656, 31.8489)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E381 #8197F9

analogous

#F9A781 #F9E381 #D3F981

triadic

#F9E381 #81F9E3 #E381F9

tetradic

#F9E381 #81F9A7 #8197F9 #F981D3

square

#F9E381 #81F9A7 #8197F9 #F981D3

split-complementary

#F9E381 #81D3F9 #A781F9

monochromatic

#F3C90C #F6D647 #F9E381 #FCF0BB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F9E381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#F9E381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E381

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E381	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 227, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.121 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeba7',
    500: '#f9e381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e381;
$custom-light: #fdeba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91354,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.76663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E381

secondary

#4862D6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E381

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

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