#F9E879#F9E879

#F9E879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E879
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -8.20, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 56.08, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0248 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.3769, 79.2360, 29.6197)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E879 #798AF9

analogous

#F9A879 #F9E879 #CAF979

triadic

#F9E879 #79F9E8 #E879F9

tetradic

#F9E879 #79F9A8 #798AF9 #F979CA

square

#F9E879 #79F9A8 #798AF9 #F979CA

split-complementary

#F9E879 #79CAF9 #A879F9

monochromatic

#EDCF0B #F6DE3E #F9E879 #FCF2B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#F9E879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E879

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E879	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa2',
    500: '#f9e879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e879;
$custom-light: #feefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92253,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E879

secondary

#4155D5

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E879

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

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