#F9E779#F9E779

#F9E779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E779
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -7.70, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 55.71, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.0234 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.0963, 78.6746, 29.5262)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E779 #798BF9

analogous

#F9A779 #F9E779 #CBF979

triadic

#F9E779 #79F9E7 #E779F9

tetradic

#F9E779 #79F9A7 #798BF9 #F979CB

square

#F9E779 #79F9A7 #798BF9 #F979CB

split-complementary

#F9E779 #79CBF9 #A779F9

monochromatic

#EDCD0B #F6DD3E #F9E779 #FCF1B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#F9E779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E779

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E779	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeea2',
    500: '#f9e779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e779;
$custom-light: #feeea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92052,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E779

secondary

#4156D5

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E779

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

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