#F9E776#F9E776

#F9E776 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E776
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -7.95, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 57.09, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.9152, 78.6022, 28.5723)
Luminance	0.7860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E776 #7688F9

analogous

#F9A676 #F9E776 #C9F976

triadic

#F9E776 #76F9E7 #E776F9

tetradic

#F9E776 #76F9A6 #7688F9 #F976C9

square

#F9E776 #76F9A6 #7688F9 #F976C9

split-complementary

#F9E776 #76C9F9 #A676F9

monochromatic

#EACC0A #F6DD3B #F9E776 #FCF1B1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F9E776 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#F9E776 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E776

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E776	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E776	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)

#F9E16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e776;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea0',
    500: '#f9e776',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e776;
$custom-light: #feeea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e776",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92015,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E776

secondary

#3E53D5

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E776

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

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