#F9E477#F9E477

#F9E477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E477
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -6.37, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 55.55, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0197 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.1424, 76.9612, 28.6094)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E477 #778CF9

analogous

#F9A377 #F9E477 #CDF977

triadic

#F9E477 #77F9E4 #E477F9

tetradic

#F9E477 #77F9A3 #778CF9 #F977CD

square

#F9E477 #77F9A3 #778CF9 #F977CD

split-complementary

#F9E477 #77CDF9 #A377F9

monochromatic

#EBC70A #F6D83C #F9E477 #FCF0B2 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F9E477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E477

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E477	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca1',
    500: '#f9e477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e477;
$custom-light: #feeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91424,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E477

secondary

#3F57D5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E477

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

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