#F9E984#F9E984

#F9E984 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E984
RGB	rgb(249, 233, 132)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 47%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.72, -7.75, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.72, 51.34, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.3726, 80.0859, 33.4712)
Luminance	0.8008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E984 #8494F9

analogous

#F9AF84 #F9E984 #CFF984

triadic

#F9E984 #84F9E9 #E984F9

tetradic

#F9E984 #84F9AF #8494F9 #F984CF

square

#F9E984 #84F9AF #8494F9 #F984CF

split-complementary

#F9E984 #84CFF9 #AF84F9

monochromatic

#F3D40F #F6DF4A #F9E984 #FCF3BE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F9E984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#F9E984 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E984

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E984	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 233, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefaa',
    500: '#f9e984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e984;
$custom-light: #fdefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 90.698,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92598,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E984

secondary

#4B5ED7

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E984

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

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