#F9E77A#F9E77A

#F9E77A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E77A
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 51%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -7.62, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 55.25, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.1579, 78.6993, 29.8508)
Luminance	0.7870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E77A #7A8CF9

analogous

#F9A77A #F9E77A #CBF97A

triadic

#F9E77A #7AF9E7 #E77AF9

tetradic

#F9E77A #7AF9A7 #7A8CF9 #F97ACB

square

#F9E77A #7AF9A7 #7A8CF9 #F97ACB

split-complementary

#F9E77A #7ACBF9 #A77AF9

monochromatic

#EECE0B #F6DC3F #F9E77A #FCF2B5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E77A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#F9E77A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E77A

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E77A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E77A	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e77a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeea3',
    500: '#f9e77a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e77a;
$custom-light: #fdeea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e77a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 91.367,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92064,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E77A

secondary

#4257D5

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E77A

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

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