#F9F169#F9F169

#F9F169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.156 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9F169
RGB	rgb(249, 241, 105)
HSL	hsl(57, 92%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 57.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.48, -13.86, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.48, 66.56, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(93.9% -0.0427 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(93.9% 0.156 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.0744, 84.0726, 25.7402)
Luminance	0.8407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9F169 #6971F9

analogous

#F9A969 #F9F169 #B9F969

triadic

#F9F169 #69F9F1 #F169F9

tetradic

#F9F169 #69F9A9 #6971F9 #F969B9

square

#F9F169 #69F9A9 #6971F9 #F969B9

split-complementary

#F9F169 #69B9F9 #A969F9

monochromatic

#DFD309 #F7EC2E #F9F169 #FBF6A4 #FEFCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F9F169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.81

#F9F169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9F169

17.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9F169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9F169	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)

#FFE95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9f169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 241, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.156 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef598',
    500: '#f9f169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9f169;
$custom-light: #fef598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9f169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93903,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.8407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9F169

secondary

#333CD3

accent

#0DE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18170E

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9F169

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

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