#F9F072#F9F072

#F9F072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.147 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F072
RGB	rgb(249, 240, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.31, -12.71, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.31, 62.28, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(93.79% -0.0385 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(93.79% 0.147 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.2665, 83.6771, 28.2082)
Luminance	0.8367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F072 #727BF9

analogous

#F9AC72 #F9F072 #BEF972

triadic

#F9F072 #72F9F0 #F072F9

tetradic

#F9F072 #72F9AC #727BF9 #F972BE

square

#F9F072 #72F9AC #727BF9 #F972BE

split-complementary

#F9F072 #72BEF9 #AC72F9

monochromatic

#E7D80A #F7EA37 #F9F072 #FBF6AD #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#F9F072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F072

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F072	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE865

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 240, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.147 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef49e',
    500: '#f9f072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f072;
$custom-light: #fef49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93793,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F072

secondary

#3B45D4

accent

#0FE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F072

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

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