#F9E475#F9E475

#F9E475 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.133 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E475
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -6.53, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 56.47, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0204 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.133 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0236, 76.9136, 27.9835)
Luminance	0.7691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E475 #758AF9

analogous

#F9A275 #F9E475 #CCF975

triadic

#F9E475 #75F9E4 #E475F9

tetradic

#F9E475 #75F9A2 #758AF9 #F975CC

square

#F9E475 #75F9A2 #758AF9 #F975CC

split-complementary

#F9E475 #75CCF9 #A275F9

monochromatic

#E9C60A #F6D93A #F9E475 #FCEFB0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#F9E475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E475

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E475	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.133 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec9f',
    500: '#f9e475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e475;
$custom-light: #feec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.914,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E475

secondary

#3D56D5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E475

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

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