#F9E877#F9E877

#F9E877 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E877
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 52.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.32, -8.37, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.32, 57.00, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0255 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2556, 79.1875, 28.9805)
Luminance	0.7919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E877 #7788F9

analogous

#F9A777 #F9E877 #C9F977

triadic

#F9E877 #77F9E8 #E877F9

tetradic

#F9E877 #77F9A7 #7788F9 #F977C9

square

#F9E877 #77F9A7 #7788F9 #F977C9

split-complementary

#F9E877 #77C9F9 #A777F9

monochromatic

#EBCE0A #F6DE3C #F9E877 #FCF2B2 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#F9E877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E877

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E877	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa1',
    500: '#f9e877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e877;
$custom-light: #feefa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 91.549,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92229,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E877

secondary

#3F53D5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E877

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

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