#F9E97B#F9E97B

#F9E97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E97B
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 50.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -8.53, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 55.54, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(92.48% -0.0256 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(92.48% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.7831, 79.8501, 30.3664)
Luminance	0.7985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E97B #7B8BF9

analogous

#F9AA7B #F9E97B #CAF97B

triadic

#F9E97B #7BF9E9 #E97BF9

tetradic

#F9E97B #7BF9AA #7B8BF9 #F97BCA

square

#F9E97B #7BF9AA #7B8BF9 #F97BCA

split-complementary

#F9E97B #7BCAF9 #AA7BF9

monochromatic

#EFD20B #F6DF40 #F9E97B #FCF3B6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F9E97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#F9E97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E97B

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E97B	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefa4',
    500: '#f9e97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e97b;
$custom-light: #fdefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9248,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E97B

secondary

#4355D6

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E97B

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

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