#F9E87F#F9E87F

#F9E87F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E87F
RGB	rgb(249, 232, 127)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 49%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -7.69, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 53.31, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.7564, 79.3878, 31.6181)
Luminance	0.7938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E87F #7F90F9

analogous

#F9AB7F #F9E87F #CDF97F

triadic

#F9E87F #7FF9E8 #E87FF9

tetradic

#F9E87F #7FF9AB #7F90F9 #F97FCD

square

#F9E87F #7FF9AB #7F90F9 #F97FCD

split-complementary

#F9E87F #7FCDF9 #AB7FF9

monochromatic

#F2D20B #F6DD45 #F9E87F #FCF3B9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#F9E87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E87F

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E87F	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 232, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefa6',
    500: '#f9e87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e87f;
$custom-light: #fdefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 91.045,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9233,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E87F

secondary

#465AD6

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E87F

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

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