#F9E978#F9E978

#F9E978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.135 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E978
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -8.78, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 56.91, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0266 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.135 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.5982, 79.7762, 29.3925)
Luminance	0.7977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E978 #7888F9

analogous

#F9A878 #F9E978 #C9F978

triadic

#F9E978 #78F9E9 #E978F9

tetradic

#F9E978 #78F9A8 #7888F9 #F978C9

square

#F9E978 #78F9A8 #7888F9 #F978C9

split-complementary

#F9E978 #78C9F9 #A878F9

monochromatic

#ECD00A #F6DF3D #F9E978 #FCF3B3 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#F9E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E978

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E978	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)

#FBE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.135 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa2',
    500: '#f9e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e978;
$custom-light: #feefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92443,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E978

secondary

#4053D5

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E978

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

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