#F9E979#F9E979

#F9E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E979
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -8.70, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 56.46, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0262 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.6592, 79.8006, 29.7138)
Luminance	0.7980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E979 #7989F9

analogous

#F9A979 #F9E979 #C9F979

triadic

#F9E979 #79F9E9 #E979F9

tetradic

#F9E979 #79F9A9 #7989F9 #F979C9

square

#F9E979 #79F9A9 #7989F9 #F979C9

split-complementary

#F9E979 #79C9F9 #A979F9

monochromatic

#EDD10B #F6DF3E #F9E979 #FCF3B4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#F9E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E979

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E979	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefa2',
    500: '#f9e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e979;
$custom-light: #feefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92455,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E979

secondary

#4153D5

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E979

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

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