#F9E875#F9E875

#F9E875 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E875
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 117)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -8.53, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 57.91, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.21% -0.0262 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(92.21% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(71.1367, 79.1399, 28.3545)
Luminance	0.7914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E875 #7586F9

analogous

#F9A675 #F9E875 #C8F975

triadic

#F9E875 #75F9E8 #E875F9

tetradic

#F9E875 #75F9A6 #7586F9 #F975C8

square

#F9E875 #75F9A6 #7586F9 #F975C8

split-complementary

#F9E875 #75C8F9 #A675F9

monochromatic

#E9CD0A #F6DE3A #F9E875 #FCF2B0 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#F9E875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E875

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E875	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa0',
    500: '#f9e875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e875;
$custom-light: #feefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 91.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92205,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.79137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E875

secondary

#3D51D5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E875

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

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