#F9E970#F9E970

#F9E970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.142 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E970
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.50, -9.41, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.50, 60.52, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(92.35% -0.0292 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(92.35% 0.142 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.1328, 79.5900, 26.9416)
Luminance	0.7959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E970 #7080F9

analogous

#F9A470 #F9E970 #C4F970

triadic

#F9E970 #70F9E9 #E970F9

tetradic

#F9E970 #70F9A4 #7080F9 #F970C4

square

#F9E970 #70F9A4 #7080F9 #F970C4

split-complementary

#F9E970 #70C4F9 #A470F9

monochromatic

#E5CB0A #F7E035 #F9E970 #FBF2AB #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#F9E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E970

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E970	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.142 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feef9c',
    500: '#f9e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e970;
$custom-light: #feef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92349,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E970

secondary

#394BD4

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E970

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

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