#F9E87B#F9E87B

#F9E87B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E87B
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 123)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 50.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.36, -8.04, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.36, 55.16, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0241 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.5009, 79.2856, 30.2723)
Luminance	0.7928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E87B #7B8CF9

analogous

#F9A97B #F9E87B #CBF97B

triadic

#F9E87B #7BF9E8 #E87BF9

tetradic

#F9E87B #7BF9A9 #7B8CF9 #F97BCB

square

#F9E87B #7BF9A9 #7B8CF9 #F97BCB

split-complementary

#F9E87B #7BCBF9 #A97BF9

monochromatic

#EFD00B #F6DE40 #F9E87B #FCF2B6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F9E87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#F9E87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E87B

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E87B	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefa4',
    500: '#f9e87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e87b;
$custom-light: #fdefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92278,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E87B

secondary

#4356D6

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E87B

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

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