#F9E577#F9E577

#F9E577 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.132 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E577
RGB	rgb(249, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -6.87, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 55.91, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0212 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.132 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4183, 77.5130, 28.7014)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E577 #778BF9

analogous

#F9A477 #F9E577 #CCF977

triadic

#F9E577 #77F9E5 #E577F9

tetradic

#F9E577 #77F9A4 #778BF9 #F977CC

square

#F9E577 #77F9A4 #778BF9 #F977CC

split-complementary

#F9E577 #77CCF9 #A477F9

monochromatic

#EBC90A #F6DA3C #F9E577 #FCF0B2 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#F9E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E577

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E577	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.132 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeda1',
    500: '#f9e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e577;
$custom-light: #feeda1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91625,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E577

secondary

#3F56D5

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E577

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

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