#F9E976#F9E976

#F9E976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E976
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 118)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -8.94, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 57.83, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0273 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.4781, 79.7281, 28.7599)
Luminance	0.7973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E976 #7686F9

analogous

#F9A876 #F9E976 #C7F976

triadic

#F9E976 #76F9E9 #E976F9

tetradic

#F9E976 #76F9A8 #7686F9 #F976C7

square

#F9E976 #76F9A8 #7686F9 #F976C7

split-complementary

#F9E976 #76C7F9 #A876F9

monochromatic

#EACF0A #F6E03B #F9E976 #FCF2B1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#F9E976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E976

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E976	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa0',
    500: '#f9e976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e976;
$custom-light: #feefa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 91.608,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92419,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E976

secondary

#3E51D5

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E976

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

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