#F9E775#F9E775

#F9E775 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E775
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -8.03, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 57.54, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.0247 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.8560, 78.5786, 28.2610)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E775 #7587F9

analogous

#F9A575 #F9E775 #C9F975

triadic

#F9E775 #75F9E7 #E775F9

tetradic

#F9E775 #75F9A5 #7587F9 #F975C9

square

#F9E775 #75F9A5 #7587F9 #F975C9

split-complementary

#F9E775 #75C9F9 #A575F9

monochromatic

#E9CB0A #F6DD3A #F9E775 #FCF1B0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#F9E775 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E775

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E775	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea0',
    500: '#f9e775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e775;
$custom-light: #feeea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92003,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E775

secondary

#3D52D5

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E775

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

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