#F9E575#F9E575

#F9E575 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.134 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E575
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -7.03, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 56.82, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0219 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.134 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.2995, 77.4654, 28.0755)
Luminance	0.7746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E575 #7589F9

analogous

#F9A375 #F9E575 #CBF975

triadic

#F9E575 #75F9E5 #E575F9

tetradic

#F9E575 #75F9A3 #7589F9 #F975CB

square

#F9E575 #75F9A3 #7589F9 #F975CB

split-complementary

#F9E575 #75CBF9 #A375F9

monochromatic

#E9C80A #F6DA3A #F9E575 #FCF0B0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#F9E575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E575

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E575	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.134 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feed9f',
    500: '#f9e575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e575;
$custom-light: #feed9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91601,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E575

secondary

#3D54D5

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E575

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

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