#F9E781#F9E781

#F9E781 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E781
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -7.02, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 52.00, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0206 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.6073, 78.8791, 32.2178)
Luminance	0.7888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E781 #8193F9

analogous

#F9AB81 #F9E781 #CFF981

triadic

#F9E781 #81F9E7 #E781F9

tetradic

#F9E781 #81F9AB #8193F9 #F981CF

square

#F9E781 #81F9AB #8193F9 #F981CF

split-complementary

#F9E781 #81CFF9 #AB81F9

monochromatic

#F3D10C #F6DC47 #F9E781 #FCF2BB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F9E781 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E781

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E781	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeea7',
    500: '#f9e781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e781;
$custom-light: #fdeea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92155,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E781

secondary

#485DD6

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E781

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

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