#F9F168#F9F168

#F9F168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.157 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F168
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 104)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 58.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.47, -13.92, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.47, 66.98, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(93.89% -0.043 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(93.89% 0.157 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.0233, 84.0522, 25.4711)
Luminance	0.8405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F168 #6870F9

analogous

#F9A968 #F9F168 #B8F968

triadic

#F9F168 #68F9F1 #F168F9

tetradic

#F9F168 #68F9A9 #6870F9 #F968B8

square

#F9F168 #68F9A9 #6870F9 #F968B8

split-complementary

#F9F168 #68B8F9 #A968F9

monochromatic

#DED209 #F7EC2D #F9F168 #FBF6A3 #FEFCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#F9F168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F168

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F168	1.00	1.18	17.81	17.81
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.157 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef598',
    500: '#f9f168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f168;
$custom-light: #fef598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 92.357,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93893,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F168

secondary

#323BD3

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F168

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

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