#F9E770#F9E770

#F9E770 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E770
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -8.41, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 59.79, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0264 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5699, 78.4641, 26.7539)
Luminance	0.7846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E770 #7082F9

analogous

#F9A270 #F9E770 #C6F970

triadic

#F9E770 #70F9E7 #E770F9

tetradic

#F9E770 #70F9A2 #7082F9 #F970C6

square

#F9E770 #70F9A2 #7082F9 #F970C6

split-complementary

#F9E770 #70C6F9 #A270F9

monochromatic

#E5C80A #F7DD35 #F9E770 #FBF1AB #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#F9E770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E770

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E770	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee9c',
    500: '#f9e770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e770;
$custom-light: #feee9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91945,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E770

secondary

#394DD4

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E770

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

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