#F9E481#F9E481

#F9E481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.122 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E481
RGB	rgb(249, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -5.51, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 50.89, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.0162 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.122 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7749, 77.2142, 31.9404)
Luminance	0.7721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E481 #8196F9

analogous

#F9A881 #F9E481 #D2F981

triadic

#F9E481 #81F9E4 #E481F9

tetradic

#F9E481 #81F9A8 #8196F9 #F981D2

square

#F9E481 #81F9A8 #8196F9 #F981D2

split-complementary

#F9E481 #81D2F9 #A881F9

monochromatic

#F3CB0C #F6D747 #F9E481 #FCF1BB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F9E481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#F9E481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E481

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E481	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.122 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeca7',
    500: '#f9e481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e481;
$custom-light: #fdeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91554,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E481

secondary

#4861D6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E481

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

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