#F9E871#F9E871

#F9E871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E871
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -8.84, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 59.71, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0275 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9066, 79.0479, 27.1423)
Luminance	0.7904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E871 #7182F9

analogous

#F9A471 #F9E871 #C6F971

triadic

#F9E871 #71F9E8 #E871F9

tetradic

#F9E871 #71F9A4 #7182F9 #F971C6

square

#F9E871 #71F9A4 #7182F9 #F971C6

split-complementary

#F9E871 #71C6F9 #A471F9

monochromatic

#E6CA0A #F7DE36 #F9E871 #FBF2AC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#F9E871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E871

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E871	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9d',
    500: '#f9e871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e871;
$custom-light: #feef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92158,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E871

secondary

#3A4DD4

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E871

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

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