#F9E478#F9E478

#F9E478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E478
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -6.28, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 55.09, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0194 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.2028, 76.9853, 28.9274)
Luminance	0.7698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E478 #788DF9

analogous

#F9A478 #F9E478 #CDF978

triadic

#F9E478 #78F9E4 #E478F9

tetradic

#F9E478 #78F9A4 #788DF9 #F978CD

square

#F9E478 #78F9A4 #788DF9 #F978CD

split-complementary

#F9E478 #78CDF9 #A478F9

monochromatic

#ECC70A #F6D83D #F9E478 #FCF0B3 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#F9E478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E478

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E478	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeca1',
    500: '#f9e478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e478;
$custom-light: #feeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91436,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E478

secondary

#4058D5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E478

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

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