#F9F079#F9F079

#F9F079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.141 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F079
RGB	rgb(249, 240, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.38, -12.16, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.38, 59.15, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(93.87% -0.0362 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(93.87% 0.141 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.6803, 83.8427, 30.3875)
Luminance	0.8384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F079 #7982F9

analogous

#F9B079 #F9F079 #C2F979

triadic

#F9F079 #79F9F0 #F079F9

tetradic

#F9F079 #79F9B0 #7982F9 #F979C2

square

#F9F079 #79F9B0 #7982F9 #F979C2

split-complementary

#F9F079 #79C2F9 #B079F9

monochromatic

#EDDD0B #F6E93E #F9F079 #FCF7B4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.77

#F9F079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F079

17.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F079	1.00	1.18	17.77	17.77
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 240, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.141 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a3',
    500: '#f9f079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f079;
$custom-light: #fef4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93874,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F079

secondary

#414BD5

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F079

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

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