#F9E771#F9E771

#F9E771 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.140 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E771
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -8.34, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 59.35, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.96% -0.0261 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(91.96% 0.14 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.6259, 78.4865, 27.0488)
Luminance	0.7848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E771 #7183F9

analogous

#F9A371 #F9E771 #C7F971

triadic

#F9E771 #71F9E7 #E771F9

tetradic

#F9E771 #71F9A3 #7183F9 #F971C7

square

#F9E771 #71F9A3 #7183F9 #F971C7

split-complementary

#F9E771 #71C7F9 #A371F9

monochromatic

#E6C90A #F7DD36 #F9E771 #FBF1AC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#F9E771 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E771

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E771	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.140 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feee9d',
    500: '#f9e771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e771;
$custom-light: #feee9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91956,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E771

secondary

#3A4ED4

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E771

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

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